HOOFING COUGH. See Wlloorqxc Coron. HOOPOE (obsolete boopoop. reduplication of hoop. Fr. huppc. OF. /mine, huge. from Lat.
upapo, hoopoe). One of a small and singular group of birds of the warmer parts of the Old NVorld, which take both the?r common and sys tematic names (genus [pupa, family I_ 'middle) from their cry. In this family the hill is long and slender, the wings of moderate size or short. the legs short, the toes long. and the ela‘‘s strong and curved. 'Clue common European hoopoe (('pupa ( pops) is an African bird. visit ing in stunner most parts of Europe and Asia. but rare in Great Britain. It is about the size of a blue jay; its plumage exhibits a tine mix ture of white. and black, and it has i large crest of two parallel rows of feathers. Its strange appearance and habits have valise.] it to figure largely in Europe an legend stud folk lore. It gets its food chietly on the ground, and its peculiar notes are said to be made by the bill on the ground as the note is uttered. The nest
is made in a hole in a tree or wall. and the eggs are white. The hoopoes were formerly thought to he related to the crow:, hut it is now gen erally admitted that their nearest relatives are the hornbills, although they are apparently so ditTerent. An extensive accoont of the curious and interesting traits of this bird is in the Royal 11 islory, vol. iv. ( London, 1895). See Itilm for other authorities. See Plate of Trua;oxs. ETC.
Woon-Ilon•oE. The birds of the family Trisori (la% which are found in South Africa. are nearly related apparently to the Irptipid:e, and are known as They are arboreal, have a glossy blackish plum:11e. no crest. and a long graduated toil. They arc said to be noisy and restless births. and to elimb about on trees like wooulpeekt•r, like the true ho.)poes, they emit a strong. disagreeable