HOOPOE.
UP UP A EPOPS, Linn.
Upupa epops, Linn. S. N. i. p. 183 (1766); Naum. v. p. 437;
Macg. iii. p. 41; Hewitson, i. p. 249; Yarr. ed. 4, ii!
p. 419; Dresser, v. p. 179.
Huppe, French; Wiedehopf, German; Abubilla, Spanish.
The Hoopoe is a regular spring migrant to the
eastern and southern coasts of England, and has occurred
frequently in Scotland and Ireland. The instances
recorded of the nesting of this species in this country
are but few, though I am glad to say that I have several
authentic unpublished notices of such occurrences; but
in most cases the beauty and conspicuous plumage of
the bird, to say nothing of its tameness, lead to its
immediate destruction by the first armed idler who sees
it, as the senseless craving for British-killed specimens
induces bird-stuffers to give long prices for any (so-
called) rarity, and causes the murder of many harmless
and ornamental species besides the subject of this
protest.
Upupa epops. Lwm.
