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negated. Another fpecimen, from the fame place, had the upper
part of the back of a deep brown, and the belly varied with brown
and white ; but as this was lefs in every refpedt, it moft likely was
ayoung bird.
Befides thefe, Gerini * mentions one which he faw at Florence,
and again on the Alps, which had the crdl bordered with Jkf-
blue.
2. .La Huppe noire ■ & blanche du Cap de Bonne 'Efperance, B u f.o if vi.
MADAGASCAR. p.465. '
La Huppe du Cap de Bonne Efperance, P l. enl.-6g7.
D escription. r - p H E length of this bird is fixteen inches: breadth eighteenn
A weight four ounces. The bill is twenty lines, bent, much
^pointed, and of a yellowilh colour; the upper mandible notched
near the tip; and the tongue divided at the end into lev era!
threads ; the palate full of tuberofities: the creft is frnaller in
proportion than in the common Hoopoe, and tends to a point behind,
like that of the Cuckow of Madagascar \ the creft, throat,
and under parts of the body, are plain white; and the upper
parts, from the creft to the end of the tail, are brown In different
fhades: on the wings is a white fpot J : the tail corififts of twelve
feathers, contrary to the common one, which has but ten; and the
two middle-feathers rather fhorter than the others : the legs and
claws are yellowilh ; the hind claw large, and very crooked.
P laces. This bird, which differs confiderably from the former, as well as
* In the Orn. ltal. See Hiß. des oif. vi. p. 462«
4 See Brif. iv. pi. 12. f. 2.
4 The wings are faid to have one feather lefs than in the common Hoopoe.
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its varieties, inhabits the thick woods of Madagafcar*> and is
met with alfo at the IJle o f Bourbon, and the Cape of Good Hope.
It feeds on feeds, and. berries 5 and in the months o i June and July
is. yery fat-
Upupa Paradifeaj Lin. Syf. i. p. 184, N° 3.
Le Promerops hupe.des Indes, B r if orn. ii. p. 464. N0^.
’ Le Promerupe, Buf. oif. vi. p. 465.
Avis Paradifiaca, crillata, orientalis, rariffiraa, Sela, i. p. 48. pi. 30. f. 5.
T HIS bird is the fize of a Starling : the length nineteen inches,
of which the tail is fourteen inches and a quarter. The bill
is thirteen lines long,.and of a lead-colour : the head, throat, and
neck, are of a very fine black: the feathers of the crown are two
inches in length,, forming an elegant creft : the back,, rump, fca-
pulars, upper wing and tail coverts, quills, and tail, are of a pale
oheftnut: breaft, belly, fides, thighs, and under tail coverts, pale
alh-colour: the two middle tail feathers exceed the reft in length,
very much, being above fourteen inches long, whereas the others
are not more than three inches : legs and daws lead-colour.
Inhabits- the Eajl Indies, where it is .faid'to be very fcarce..
Le Promerops du Mexique, Brif. or«, ii. p.463, N°*r
Le Promerops a ailes bleues, Buf. oif. »1. p. 467.
Avis, Am, Mexicana, caudajongiflima, Seta, i. p. 73. t. 431 f . 3,
» T h i s is about the fize o f a Song-thrufh : length eighteen inches
and three quarters : the tail twelve inches and a quarter.
* Bvppefed to be that mentioned by Flaccurt, in Ms Hiflory tfMatiagafcar.bj
ske. name of fi-vsxci; ,.
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