
Or preps "' 
“many aye of Europe, and iketiinds in Eng- 
-Tand: when it is frightened it raifes its creft. 
. The back is {potted with black and white; the’ 
. “kes are fhort ; the outer toe is fixed to the middle 
; toe in part. | ; aA ES 
The natural fii tioh of pre ref iS: to fall 
down backwards. 
od. Hoppoe that had been caught feat time, . 
was very fond of the woman who took care 
a of it; he feemed never happy but when he was 


~ with her only. If firangers came he was afraid, 
and raifed | nis creft, ‘Though the windows of — 
~ the houfe were often left open, he did not with 
to make his efcape. One day, however, being 
> afftighted by fomething new, he flew away; he 
_ did not go far, but not being able to find his way 
- back, he went into the window of a convent 
which was left open, and there he died, becaufe 
they did not know what was his proper food. 
 Hoppoes may be. fed with raw meat, and BBS : 
; is ” and worms, 

Its common food is thofe infeds which’ are 
“folied: on the ground or fly very low, as beetles;. 
1, aiits, worms, dragon-flics, wild bees, and cater= 
_ pillars. He is generally found ‘in marfhy places,, 
where there are many infects, When the waters — 
of the Nile, after overflowing, are ‘returning within 
Lye ge their 
