Hoope
a bird forming the type of a family generally classed with the beeeaters or the honey-eaters, but also with the hornbills. The European hoopoe has a fine crest of pale cinnamon-red (U. epops) is about 12 inches long; it the hornbills. The European hoope (U. epops) is about 12 inches long; it has a fine crest of pale cinnamon-red HERBERT CLARK HOOVER feathers, tipped with black; upper surface on the whole ashy-brown; wings black, the coverts having white bars; feathers, tipped with black; upper sur- face on the whole ashy-brown; wings black, the coverts having white bars; throat and breast pale fawn; abdomen It has a very wide range, from Burmah to the British Islands and Africa.