INTRODUCTION. TIT 
noisy Birds, dwelling in forests, and remarkable for their 
brilliant ‘eolleesor They feed on insects, snails, slugs, and 
other small creatures. 
Certain birds are known as American Ant-thrushes, and 
they have much the habit of Butcher-birds. They rarely de- 
scend to the ground, and are very noisy. The Brazilian Ant- 
thrush (Formicarius crissalis) may stand as a type of the group, 
which contains some two hundred and fifty-four species. 
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The Barred Wagtail (Motacilla lugubris). 
The Wagtail, or Dishwasher (Motacilla luqubris), is a type of 
an almost exclusiv ely Old-World group of Birds—Wagtails or 
Pipits—consisting of about sixty-four species, one section of 
which is very like our Wagtail, while another resembles our 
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis), which is to be seen on com- 
mons and waste grounds all the year round. 
The Common Starling (Sturnus vulgar ts), with which almost 
all our readers must be familiar, is a convenient example of 
