distinctly barred with darker brown ; the under taihcoverts
have tips of dull whiter; hlegs, t@:es,"and claws light ’brown.
The whole Ifength of the bird ratherdes®than -four inches.
From the carpal joint to" the enda-ofthe wing,' one inch and
seven-eighths : the first wmg-feather only half as long as ffife
second: the second the same length as the S § n t% tfieC
third, fourth, fifth-,- and sixth-, ® \ l y l%hal in-length, biit the
fourth rather the longest.
The female, according to jVT. Temminck, is the smaller
bird, rather more red in ^colour, and the transverse bars loss
distinct.
^ ^ CÊRTHTADÆ.
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T H E HOOPOE.
’fflpupa epops, Common-Hoopoe, .» P e sn . ■ B rit. Zool. yol. ii p. 342.
<) y y yy ,, Mont. Ornith. Diet.
y » ,, The f ,, , B ewick^ Brit. Birds, vol. i, p. 148,
y y ’ Comhdn'., y,‘ ' F Lem.B rit. An. p. 89.
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S elby, Brit. Ornj|h.. vol. i.p*>393.-
J eny-ns, Brit. Vett. p. 153.
%dtitD, Birds of Europe, pt. v.
„ La Hupjpe,* *• Temm. Man. d’Ornith. vol.-i. p. 415.
Generic Characters,—Beak longer than the head, slightly bent, slender, triangular,
higher than Nostrils basal, lateral, oval, partly concealed by
the feathers on the forehead. Wings of ttfoderate size; the fourth and fifth
-quill feathers the, longest. Taitof ten feathers, square at the end. Toes three in
frpnt, one behind; the outer and middle toe united as far as the first joint;
claws short, and but slightly curved.
So remarkable is the appearance of the Hoopoe, that once
having seen a specimen of the bird, it is not likely to be for