. A general history of birds . ay mark the sexes; as to circumstance of having a redor black bill, that may arise from variation only. Sonnini mentionsa Hoopoe being found in Africa wholly black*. 12—BLUE PROMEROPS. Upupa Indica, Ind. Orn. i. 280. Promerops bleu, Ois. dor. ( p. 20. pi. 9. Tern. Man. Ed. 2. p. lxxxvi. Blue Promerops, Gen. Sy?i. ii. 124. Shaws Zool. viii. 142. Nat. Misc. pi. 985. LENGTH twelve inches. Bill two inches long, stout, andcurved, much as in the Red-billed species, but somewhat more bent,and black; plumage, in general, blue, paler about the head, andunder parts;
. A general history of birds . ay mark the sexes; as to circumstance of having a redor black bill, that may arise from variation only. Sonnini mentionsa Hoopoe being found in Africa wholly black*. 12—BLUE PROMEROPS. Upupa Indica, Ind. Orn. i. 280. Promerops bleu, Ois. dor. ( p. 20. pi. 9. Tern. Man. Ed. 2. p. lxxxvi. Blue Promerops, Gen. Sy?i. ii. 124. Shaws Zool. viii. 142. Nat. Misc. pi. 985. LENGTH twelve inches. Bill two inches long, stout, andcurved, much as in the Red-billed species, but somewhat more bent,and black; plumage, in general, blue, paler about the head, andunder parts; tail moderately cuneiform, more than four inches inlength; legs pale lead-colour. Inhabits India. 13—TUFTED PROMEROPS—Pl. lxvii* LENGTH about fifteen inches. Bill, strong, black, bent thewhole of the length, which is between four and five inches, with avery slight notch near the tip. The feathers round the eye like cutvelvet, or plush, coming forwards for three quarters of an inch on * Sonn. Buf. 54, p. 187. Note. HOOPOE. 113 the nostrils, the same on the under mandible; on the crown they arescaly, stand somewhat erect, and of the most brilliant blue greenimaginable; those of the nape much the same, but folded; on eachside, below the ears, a bare space three quarters of an inch long;*from the chin to the breast are the same brilliant blue green, scalyfeathers, having on the fore part a purplish gloss; across the breast,at the bottom of the brilliant patch, a deep blue band, and beneathit a broader of black; many of the feathers, composing it, tippedwith gilded orange, and appearing, as an irregular, fire-coloured,narrow band ; the sides of the neck behind, the back, wings, tail,and under parts from the breast, purplish black, but next to theband on the breast, tinged with green ; and the back of the neckglossed with purple; the tail is near five inches long, even at theend, black, except the two middle feathers, which are glossy blue;from beneath the wings springs
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