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THE USEFUL BIRDS 



The vernacular name is rendered, I venture to state, 

 because of its likeness on one side to the Cuckoo in flight, 

 and on the other side to the Shrike in bill. 



The food of the bird is very varied — insects, their larvae, 

 ants, &c. From the stomach of one I extracted more than 



Black- faced Cuckoo-Shrike. 



100 ants, similar to the "sugar" kind, popularly known as 

 the stingless section : among them were two large specimens 

 of the CoccinelhdcU. 



