Identifier: birdsofbritishis00cowa (find matches)
Title: The birds of the British Isles and their eggs
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Coward, T. A. (Thomas Alfred), 1867-1933
Subjects: Birds -- Great Britain Birds -- Eggs Great Britain
Publisher: London New York : F. Warne
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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HOOPOE. - 283 it is especially partial to coprophagous beetles and their larvae ;for these it frequents manure heaps and animal droppings,digging for its prey with its long bill. Large beetles andworms are hammered to bits, beaten on the ground, butfrequently it adopts a habit of the Hornbill, with which it hassome affinity, of throwing its food into the air and catching itneatly before swallowing it. It has various notes. The hoop^hoop, from which it gets its name, is uttered when perched withcrest depressed, throat expanded and head lowered. Swinhoestated that the air was forced out by striking the bill on theground, but the Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain was not able to confirmthis. The hoop is guttural and carries for a great distance.Col. Cunningham speaks of a soft uk, zik, uk note when thebird is walking with depressed crest, and Saunders of a love-note, bu^ bu, when with erected crown the bird struts beforeits mate. Mr. Jourdain mentions a chatter of alarm, a warningto the nesting fem

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