MUGG Y—MUXIA 



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the Alcedinidie (Kingfisher), and 

 Coliidm are small birds, with a rath 

 crested head, a very long tail, and 

 coloured plumage that sometimes hr 

 diversified with white or chestnut. 

 fruits, but occasionally take insects, 

 bands of fifteen or twenty from 



Bucerotidx (Hornbill). The 



er Finch-like bill, a more or less 



are generally of a dun or slate- 



ightens into blue or is pleasingly 



They feed almost wholly on 



in quest of which they pass in 



tree to tree, and hang in all 



MoTJSE-BiRD. (Partly after Mitchell.) 



attitudes from the Ijranches as they feed. It is even said that they 

 sleep suspended by their powerful and versatile toes. Ten species 

 are recognized by Dr. Sharpe {Cat. B. Br. Mas. xvii. pp. 338-34:6, 

 and 500), all belonging to the Ethiopian Region (of which the 

 Family is one of the most characteristic), and ranging from 

 Abyssinia southwards. Three species inhabit the Cape Colony. 



MUGGY, possibly cognate with the latter part of Gmsmitcke 

 (Grass-Midge), the common German name of the Whitethroat, 

 and allied birds ; but perhaps only a corruption of Meggy. 



MULLET-HAWK, a name for the Osprey. 



MUMRUFFIN", said to be a local name of the Long-tailed Tit- 

 mouse. 



MUNIA, the general name in many parts of India for several 

 kinds of small seed-eating birds, commonly placed in the Family 



