. An illustrated manual of British birds . the Hoopoe are graceful, particularly at the timeof courtship, when the bird struts about with crest erect, uttering anote resembling a soft Im-hn (whence the Spanish term abubilla )or hoop-hoop^ to which, and not to the crest, it owes its English andFrench names. The flight is undulating. The general plumage of the adult is pale cinnamon on the head,shoulders and under parts ; the long, erectile crest-feathers richer intint and tipped with black ; wing-feathers black, broadly barred withwhite, and striped with buff on the inner secondaries ; lower ba
. An illustrated manual of British birds . the Hoopoe are graceful, particularly at the timeof courtship, when the bird struts about with crest erect, uttering anote resembling a soft Im-hn (whence the Spanish term abubilla )or hoop-hoop^ to which, and not to the crest, it owes its English andFrench names. The flight is undulating. The general plumage of the adult is pale cinnamon on the head,shoulders and under parts ; the long, erectile crest-feathers richer intint and tipped with black ; wing-feathers black, broadly barred withwhite, and striped with buff on the inner secondaries ; lower backbarred with black, while and buff; tail black, with a broad white baracross the centre, and the tips on the outer pairof feathers ; the long, slightly decurved bill is black, flesh-coloured atthe base ; feet dusky-brown. Length from base of bill nearly 10 in. ;wing 6 in The female is rather smaller, duller in plumage, and hasless crest. The young bird has a shorter bill, and the colours arenot so rich. 277. THE CUCKOO. CucuLUS CAX()RUS, LinnKus. The male Cuckoo, which precedes the female by a few days,seldom arrives even in the south of England before April 6th, andimmediately announces his presence by the well-known cuck-00 note,often uttered at night as well as by day. In June, according to thefamiliar adage, he • changes his tune, and becomes hoarse, whileby August most of the old birds have taken their departure, thoughthe young sometimes remain until Octoljcr. In summer the Cuckoois found throughout the United Kingdom, inclusive of the outlyingislands ; and, though only an accidental visitor to the Fceroes, itranges almost to the North Cape in Norway ; nearly as far inRussia; and across Northern Asia—except on the Siberian tundras—to the Pacific. Over Europe it is generally distributed, though 278 CUCKOO. comparatively few remain to breed in the countries bordering theMediterranean, or in Northern Africa; while to the Canaries andMade
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