■ H O O P O E .
Upupa epop$ ./I in w : )-
Genu* UPUPA,; Linn.
G e n . ( u u* • Jfieoik v t t y Ion?) feliglitly a rieW , ‘le n d e r , tria n g u la r and «Mfip ewed . Nostrils
toferal, ovoid, op en , su rm o u n ted l>y the feather« o f th e forehead. TV* three before,
aw 1 'b e h in d j th e exterii&i a n d mifhile ones u n ite d as fa r as th e 6 r s t ioiuf. N a ils short
Irtde b e n t, e x c ep t in th e hint! one w h ich In stra ig h t. Tail sq u are, consist’}ngi>f 1 ers feathers
m o d e ra te ; fo u rth a n d fifth quill-feathers th e longest.
I! O ü l ’OE.
lip a p a ep o p s, Idnn.
È * H u p p e .
Ttfwue wo few birds more élégant ht shear appearance or more singular in-their manners than the Hoopoe ;
and- akhough it is not a resident in .i?V 34rit>»-h Isles, nor strictly a periodical visitor, we are, from its frequent
owurrcnc**, enabled to give tuiu;}. ¿uidnaKtkm respecting its natural habits and modes of life.- '.Hie genus to
which it belongs is extremely limm*! the number o f its species, three oply being at present recognised.
Our .European example, the Uptppei ¿.pope, may be regarded a migratory bird, and'its natural range is very
extensive. . I t is found over nearly the whole of Africa; India and China may also be enumerated among the
Europe* it is s p r e a d fhw» d»*?. fontiicrvx to the northerly extremities, but is more abundant in
% the al«i»da«ooof t V u p o n wbiok i* vb.vth e Irçroi: of scaRibait, togetherwith other
rit'aMs. vrhiuh Uv^tieat moist and binssid grot ’«{s, «*>t cveit tadpoten, small frogs, and worms. In- the
iSyflMife Islandi', <is wdhave alçeud) übèeninë, i-s oocumîntT is very irregular, being scarce in some seasons,
iitd. much more frequent in others ; and when it visit us, its aniumted motions and foreign appearance,
unfortunately for the bird, bring round it a host of persecutors. There are, however, a few instances on
that ■ ,-si which it -makes its first appearance, generally in die month o f May ; hènce ibev disperse themselves
over d}«' v ?'i>.ü.<l; and are niter« met with in the most unexpected localities ; bet the sitnatk>tV‘ most preferred are
Shfcji k«dg«r<Hfci, .crtase«, :uwl isolated trees or bushes, in the neighbourhood o f low marshy lanils'tlW seem to
to be mi exclusive ihhabitant of tbe
ingth and firmness. Its ffigiit is slow
ar knowledge, of one shot by .L. Sullivan, Esq
: Broom Hnuser Fulham, Middlesex; and we
incubated in the neighbourhood. It chooses