PALATABIJJTV OF SOME BRITISH INSECTS. 861 



Spotted Bower Bird ( Ghlamydodera maculata). 

 Range. New South Wales. 

 Food. Principally fruit and grain {Gould). 



King Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus regius). 

 Range. New Guinea. 

 Food. Fruit and insects. 



Canadian Jay (Perisoreus canadensis). 

 Range. Canada and the Northern States of the Union. 

 Food. Insects ; eggs. flesh ; leaves of fir trees {Audubon). 



Hooded Crow (Corvus comix). 

 Range. Pahearetic Itegion. 

 Food. Omnivorous (eggs, carrion, young birds, etc.). 



White-collared or Pied Crow (Corvus scapulatus). 

 Range. Africa south of the Sahara. 

 Food. Omnivorous, with partiality for Hesh food. 



White-hacked Piping Crow (Gymnorhina leuconota). 

 Range. S. Australia, New South Wales. 

 Food. Mostly insects (Gould). 



Long-billed Butcher Crow (Gracticus destructor). 

 Range. Australia-. 

 Food. Chiefly insects. 



Sulphury Tyrant (Pitangus sulphuratus). 

 Range. Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil. 



Food. Mostly insects and animal food of various kinds as well 

 as fruit. 



Greater Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major). 

 Range. Pakearctic Region. 

 Food. Insects. 



Common Laughing Kingfisher (Dacelo gigantea). 

 Range. New South Wales and South Australia. 



Leach's Laughing Kingfisher (Dacelo leach ii). 

 Range. North-east coast of Australia. 



Buff Laughing Kingfisher (Dacelo cervina). 

 Range. East and North Australia. 



Food. These great Kingfishers feed mainly upon reptiles and 

 insects, but also upon rats and mice. 



Elate Hornbill (Ceratogymna elata) and 

 Black Hornbill (G. atrata). 

 Range. W. Africa, Nigeria, etc. 

 Food. Insects ; snakes, small mammals, etc. 

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