. Our summer migrants. An account of the migratory birds which pass the summer in the British Islands. Birds. THE HOOPOE. {Upupa epops.) \ M ON GST the large number of migratory -^ *- birds which resort to the British Islands in spring for the purpose of nidification, are a few which come to us accidentally, as it were, or as stragglers from the main body of immi- grants which, crossing the Mediterranean from Africa, becomes dispersed over the greater part of Europe. The Hoopoe is one of these. Not a summer elapses without the appearance,. Please note that these images are extracted from scann
. Our summer migrants. An account of the migratory birds which pass the summer in the British Islands. Birds. THE HOOPOE. {Upupa epops.) \ M ON GST the large number of migratory -^ *- birds which resort to the British Islands in spring for the purpose of nidification, are a few which come to us accidentally, as it were, or as stragglers from the main body of immi- grants which, crossing the Mediterranean from Africa, becomes dispersed over the greater part of Europe. The Hoopoe is one of these. Not a summer elapses without the appearance,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harting, James Edmund 1841-; Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828. London, S. Sonnenschein & co.
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