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ture are those Lirds distinguished? What is the food of the 

 Woodpecker ? How is it procured ? For what is the Wren re- 

 markable ? For what habit, as regards its eggs, is the Cuckoo 

 distinguished? Is the same habit observed in the American 

 species? Mention some of the poets who have referred to the 

 cheerful note of the Cuckoo. 



Tribe IV. — Fissikostres. — ^To-what countries do the Bee-eaters 

 belong? Which British bird possesses the most brilliant plu- 

 mage? What are its habits? What fables were current about 

 the Halcyon? What l)ird, traduced by popular report, is in- 

 cluded in this tribe ? What does Sir Humphrey Davy say of the 

 Swallow ? About what date does the Swallow arrive in these 

 countries ? Where does it build ? Whafc is its food ? How is it 

 distinguished from other species? How is the House-martin 

 distinguished ? By what poet is the situation of its nest referred 

 to ? Where else have those nests been observed ? Do the House 

 martins return to the nests they formerly occupied ? What was 

 done by a pair when they found a swallow in possession ? What 

 explanation is suggested by Mr. Thompson ? Is the Sand-martin 

 smaller or larger than the House-martin? How soon does it 

 arrive ? Why is it called Sand-martin ? How is the Swift dis- 

 tinguished from any other species ? Where are its nests fomid ? 

 In what month does it arrive ? In what does it depart ? 



Order III. Kasoees. — What is the meaning of the term ? 

 What domestic bird exhibits the habit? What other birds 

 belong to the Order ? Family Columhidce. — P. 363. — What other 

 names are given to the Wood-pigeon ? What of the injury these 

 birds are said to do to farm-crops ? Where does the Eock-dove 

 build ? Of what Doves is this the origin ? How is the Carrier- 

 pigeon trained ? How many miles has it been known to fly in 

 an hour ? At what season does the Turtle-dove vi-sit these coim- 

 tries ? Of what country is the Passenger-pigeon a native ? How 

 many, according to Audubon's estimate, may be in a single 

 flock ? How many bushels ot grain would such a flock consume 

 daily ? Family Phasiaindte. — What country did the Common 

 Pheasant come from ? To Avhat country is the Bed Grouse re- 

 stricted? What arc its haunts? Where is the Black Grouse 

 found ? Where the Ptarmigan ? What is the meaning of its 

 generic name Lagopus? AVhat is the colour of the i)lumiige in 

 summer? What is it in winter? What well-known species, 

 not yet mentioned, belongs to this family ? What interest at- 

 taches to the Quail ? AVhere is it found ? What are its habits ? 

 What bird of large size, once living in these countries, is no 

 longer found here? What countries does it yet inhabit? Fa- 

 mily Struthionidce. — Are Bustards plentiful? What is said of the 

 Great Bustard ? What of the Little ? 



Order IV. Grallatores. — P. 3G7. — Meaning of the term? Do 

 the Ostrich and the Plover exhibit the peculiar i^haractcristics of 

 the Order? What was Cuvier's arrangement? What is remark- 

 able in the structure of the Apteryx? Wliat are its habits? 

 Family Charadriadce. — Origin of the name I'lover ? Where is the 

 Golden Plover found? How does it appear to have a double 

 iiioult ? For what device are some of these birds remarkable ? 



