The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . of a Lark, but are adapted for ascending steepsurfaces, resting on the tarsal joint: ten tail-feathers only : a membranaceousstomach ; short intestines, probably devoid of coeca; and a peculiar sternalapparatus (fig. 96). Flight undulator>-, like that of the Woodpeckers, whichthey also resemble in their mode of tapping with the bill. It is altogether oneof the most isolated genera of Birds.] The European Hoopoe {U. €])ops, Lin.).—Of a rufous-chestnut colou
The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . of a Lark, but are adapted for ascending steepsurfaces, resting on the tarsal joint: ten tail-feathers only : a membranaceousstomach ; short intestines, probably devoid of coeca; and a peculiar sternalapparatus (fig. 96). Flight undulator>-, like that of the Woodpeckers, whichthey also resemble in their mode of tapping with the bill. It is altogether oneof the most isolated genera of Birds.] The European Hoopoe {U. €])ops, Lin.).—Of a rufous-chestnut colour, variedwith black and white: it searches for insects in humid ground, nestles in theholes of trees or walls, and migrates southward in winter; [is singularly re-markable for its intelligence and susceptibility of attachment. There are oneFiK- 96.—Sternum of Hoopoe. Or two others, all peculiar to the eastern hemisphere]. That is lo say, not to Ihe macerated fiicus with wliiih the K^clllent Swallow builds ; the Huinming-hirds, like the VVoodpcekcrs,/ing immense salivary glands, in which the Swifts resemble 209 The Promeropses (Promerops, Brisson),—Are not crested, but possess a very long tail; their tongue, fuixate and extensile, enables tliera to suckthe nectar of flowers, like the Humming-birds and Sun-birds.[There are many species, found only in the warm regions of the eastern hemisphere.] The Epimachus, Cuv.,—Consists of Birds, which, with the beak of the Hoopoes and Promeropses, combine velvety or scale-like feathers, which partly cover the nostrils, as in the Birds-of-Paradise; they inhabit also the samecountries, and have equally gorgeous plumage. The males have even tufts of lengthened feathers,more or less produced, upon the flanks. The Superb Epimachus (Upiipa magna, Lin.).—Black, with a graduated tail, three times longer than the body ;the feathers on the flanks elongated, turned up, and frizzled, with the edges of a burnish
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