. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . ad ovato-oblong, rather feet very short, and of moderate strength; tarsus veryshort, roundish, with seven anterior broad scutella, somewhatsharp behind, with two rows of scales ; toes moderate, com-pressed ; the first with its claw longer than the tarsus and nearlyequal to the middle toe, the outer adnate at the base, and some-what lo
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . ad ovato-oblong, rather feet very short, and of moderate strength; tarsus veryshort, roundish, with seven anterior broad scutella, somewhatsharp behind, with two rows of scales ; toes moderate, com-pressed ; the first with its claw longer than the tarsus and nearlyequal to the middle toe, the outer adnate at the base, and some-what longer than the inner. Claws of moderate length, stout,that of the hind toe slightly arched, compressed, with thetip acute and abruptly deflected; the rest well arched, cora-jDressed, very acute, all laterally grooved. Fig. 194. The plumage soft and blended, the feathers elliptical, with-out plumule ; those on the top of the head oblong, much elon-gated, forming a large crest; no bristle-feathers at the base ofthe bill. Wings rather long, very broad, much rounded ; thefirst quill about half the length of the fourth, which is longest;the quills nineteen, all rounded. Tail nearly even, often roundedsoft feathers. 41 UPUPA EPOPS. THE EUROPEAN *-<^^ Upupa Epops. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 183. Upupa Epops. Lath. Ind. Om. I. 277. Hoopoe. Mont. Orn. Diet. La Huppe. Upupa Epops. Temm. Man. dOrn. I. 415. Hoopoe. Upupa Epops. Selb. Illustr. I. 393. Upupa Epops. Hoopoe. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 153. Head and necklight red^ crest-feathers tipped with black ; forepart of hack light purplish-red, middle part barred with blackand reddish-ithite, rump ichite, tail-coterts black, barred xcithwhite ; icings and tail black, the former with several, the lattericith a single band of ichite. Male.—This elegant bird, which is an irregular visitant inBritain, is about the size of a Missel Thrush, but of a moreslender form, with an elongated attenuated bill, and very shortfeet. Not having met with it
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