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Honey-eaters and Sun-birds, are mainly Indian and Australian, 

 with a few representatives in Africa. They are small birds (see 

 Case S), build beautiful purse-shaped nests, and are in some in- 

 stances strikingly colored. 



In the Swallows (family Hiruiidinid(B) we once more come to a 

 cosmopolitan group of very familiar birds, numbering about eighty 

 species, fairly exemplified by the half-a-dozen species found in 

 the United States (Case B). (For the South American and Old 

 World Swallows see Cases F and S.) 



The Old World Flycatchers (family M iiscicapidce) are a very 

 large assemblage (about four hundred species) of strictly Old 

 World birds, made up of quite diverse forms, grading towards the 

 Thrushes, and also towards some of the Babblers or Bulbuls. 

 They have rather weak, broad, depressed bills, armed with bris- 

 tles at the base. The Paradise Flycatchers have very long tails 

 and are singularly variable in color according to age and sex. 

 (See Case S). 



The Cainpephagidce is an allied family of exclusively Old World 

 birds, numbering about one hundred and fifty species. It includes 

 the Cuckoo-Shrikes, Minivets, and their allies, mostly of a more 

 or less Shrike-like aspect, represented most numerously in the 

 East Indies, Papuan Islands, and Australia. (See Case T.) 



The Wax-wings {A/npe/idc^) include two species of the genus 

 Ampelis — both North American, one of them being also found in 

 Northern Europe and Northern Asia — and a few other allied 

 American genera. The Wax- wings proper derive their name from 

 the wax-like appendages tipping the secondary wing-feathers. 

 They are crested and have soft pleasing colors (see Case B). 



The Wood-Swallows or Swallow-Shrikes {ArtaiuidcE) are a small 

 group of Shrike-like birds inhabiting Australia, of rather sombre 

 tints and interesting habits (Case T). 



The Drongo Shrikes {Dicn/rida;), still more Shrike-like in gen- 

 eral aspect, are mostly Indian, with a few representatives in Africa 

 and Australia. They have forked tails and crow-black plumage 

 (Case T). 



The true Shrikes {Laniidce) are mostly Old World birds, repre- 

 sented by a single genus in North America (Case B). They are 

 characterized by their strong, hooked beaks and generally plain 



