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these, Jackson’s Wood-hoopoe (Irrisor jacksoni) may serve as 
our type (fig. 90). 
There is avery gorgeous group of Birds, with glowing brilliant 
metallic hues, which are known as Trogons. Of these there area 






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The Lyre-bird (Menura superba). 
little less than fifty kinds, thirty-three of which are inhabitants of 
Tropical America, and the long-tailed Trogon (Trogon macrurus) 
may stand as a type of these very handsome creatures. 
Still more beautiful and much more varied than the Trogons 
