. Birds: the elements of ornithology . The Hoopoe {Upujaa epops). rNTEODUOTIOir. 87 This is the voice of the Nightjar or Goatsucker (Oaprimulgusewropam). The Bird itself will often suddenly appear, risingalmost from under the spectators feet, flying away with acurious, jerking, irregular motion, something like the flight ofcertain Moths, It is a very handsome Bird, having its feathersmarked with many delicate, dark bars. It lives exclusively oninsects, especially Moths and Beetles, which its wide-gaping Fig. Jactsons Wood-hoopoe {IrHsor jacksoni). mouth is admirably adapted to catch. It i
. Birds: the elements of ornithology . The Hoopoe {Upujaa epops). rNTEODUOTIOir. 87 This is the voice of the Nightjar or Goatsucker (Oaprimulgusewropam). The Bird itself will often suddenly appear, risingalmost from under the spectators feet, flying away with acurious, jerking, irregular motion, something like the flight ofcertain Moths, It is a very handsome Bird, having its feathersmarked with many delicate, dark bars. It lives exclusively oninsects, especially Moths and Beetles, which its wide-gaping Fig. Jactsons Wood-hoopoe {IrHsor jacksoni). mouth is admirably adapted to catch. It is a type of a well-marked group of about eighty species, arranged in at least fivegenera. No greater contrast could well exist between two Birds of notvery dissimilar size than exists between the Nightjar and theHoopoe (Upiupa epaps). The latter has now become veryrare in England, because, unlike the Nightjar, it is no soonerseen than it is obtained by some zealous collector. It is a 88 ELEMENTS OE OBNITHOLOfiT. striking and elegant Bird, with a long, slender, slightly curvedbill, and a large spotted crest of feathers which can be raised ordepressed. It passes much of its time on open ground searchingfor insects. The male feeds the female when sitting on herrough nest in a hole in some tree, thus reminding us of theHornbill, although the hen Hoopoe is not enclosed, and probably Fig. 91.
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