. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. UPUPiD^e. 28s. THE HOOPOE. Upi5pa ]£pops, Linnaeus. The Hoopoe has been noticed for more than two centuries as a visitor to Great Britain, and in spring it arrives so regularly on our southern and eastern coasts that, if unmolested, it would soon become one of our regular breeding species. The appearance of this tame and conspicuous bird is, however, the signal for its persecution unto death, and I am afraid to say how many have been slain in certain localities in Sussex and Kent where they alight after crossing the Channel. In spite of their in
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. UPUPiD^e. 28s. THE HOOPOE. Upi5pa ]£pops, Linnaeus. The Hoopoe has been noticed for more than two centuries as a visitor to Great Britain, and in spring it arrives so regularly on our southern and eastern coasts that, if unmolested, it would soon become one of our regular breeding species. The appearance of this tame and conspicuous bird is, however, the signal for its persecution unto death, and I am afraid to say how many have been slain in certain localities in Sussex and Kent where they alight after crossing the Channel. In spite of their inhospitable reception a few pairs manage to escape, and some have nested from time to time in Devon, Dorset, Wilts, Hants, Surrey, Sussex, Kent, and probably other counties. In autumn many individuals are observed in our eastern counties, especially on the coast after gales; some even in winter : for instance, a bird frequented Scampston in Yorkshire for a week in the early part of January 1896; while several were noticed in the exceptionally mild January of 1898. In the west of England and in South Wales the Hoopoe is not rare, but north- ward it is seldom seen; though it has occurred irregularly in Scot- land as far as Sutherland and Caithness, as well as in the Orkneys, Shetlands, and Outer Hebrides. To Ireland it is an almost annual visitor in small numbers, principally to the southern portion. Accidentally the Hoopoe has been taken in the Fseroes, Spitsber-. 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 Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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