. D'autres terres d'oiseaux, reptiles, poissons, animaux et formes inférieures ;. Zoologie ; oiseaux ; reptiles ; Poissons. pas d'ANIMAUX VIVANTS DU MONDE. (Une caractéristique rappelant fortement la coutume des calaos), et lorsque les jeunes sont éclos leurs visages ne sont pas retirés par leurs parents, comme c'est le cas pour la plupart des oiseaux, mais sont déversés dans le voisinage immédiat du nid, l'état d'insalubrité qui peut readii}- être imaginé. Les vers, insectes et larves, generall)  % forment la nourriture, des huppes et sur elle la)- si gros à l'automne qu'ils sont estimés un déli- cate morceau dans certains pays de la

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. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. no THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. (a feature strongly recalling the custom of the Hornbills), and when the young are hatched their faces are not removed by their parents, as is the case with most birds, but are discharged in the immediate neighbourhood of the nest, the unsanitary condition of which can readii}- be imagined. Worms, grubs, and insects generall)% form the hoopoes' food, and upon it the)- wet so fat in autumn that they are esteemed a deli- cate morsel in some of the countries of Southern Europe, and especially by the Christian population of Constantinople." Beside the EUROPEAN HoOPOE, which also ex- tends into Northern Africa, four other species are known, three of which are African, whilst a fourth ranges from India to Hainan. Nearly related to the birds we have just described are the WoOD-HOOPOES. They differ from their allies in being crestless, having a more curved bill, and a plumage of metallic purple, with a white patch on the wings and white markings on the tail. Their habits resemble those of their more highly coloured relatives. c Ph.to. C] [/â ., rj., i , Grân HOOPOE ^-i lelad-Z'e of the Hornhill common in Europe â m CHAPTER XIII BEE-EATERS, MOTMOTS, TODIES, COLIES, AND TROGONS IN the present chapter we deal with a number of birds of singular beauty and gracefulness. In their coloration green predominates, thus recalling the Rollers, Parrots, Plantain-eaters, and Kingfishers, all of which groups, as we have seen, contain a large proportion of' green species. The Bee-eaters, like the Kingfishers, Hornbills, and Hoopoes, have a foot of quite peculiar structure, the middle and outer toes being joined together throughout the greater part of their length. They are an Old World group, ranging from the British Islands to Australia in the American Continent their place being taken by the Motmots and Jacamars of which we shall speak pr

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