. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH BIRDS. 123 m^>^^. THE HOOPOE. {Vpupa EpopSy Lin.—Le Hupe ou Puputy BufF.) Its length is twelve inches, breadth nineteen:The bill is above two inches long, black, ilender,and fomewhat curved; the eyes hazel; the tonguevery fliort and triangular; the head is ornamentedwith a creft, confifting of a double row of feathersof a pale orange colour, tipped with black, the high-eft about two inches in length; the neck is of apale reddifli brown; breaft and belly white, whichin young birds are marked with various dufky linespointing

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. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH BIRDS. 123 m^>^^. THE HOOPOE. {Vpupa EpopSy Lin.—Le Hupe ou Puputy BufF.) Its length is twelve inches, breadth nineteen:The bill is above two inches long, black, ilender,and fomewhat curved; the eyes hazel; the tonguevery fliort and triangular; the head is ornamentedwith a creft, confifting of a double row of feathersof a pale orange colour, tipped with black, the high-eft about two inches in length; the neck is of apale reddifli brown; breaft and belly white, whichin young birds are marked with various dufky linespointing downwards; the back, fcapulars, andwings are crofled with broad bars of black andwhite; the lelTer coverts of the wings light brown;the rump is white; the tail confifts of ten feathers, 124 BRITISH BIRDS. each marked with white, which, when clofed, a^f-fumes the form of a c;^efcent, the horns pointingdownwards; the legs are Ihort and black. This is the only one of its kind found in thefekingdoms; it is not very comn:;on with us, beingfeen only at uncertain periods. Our reprefen-tat

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