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the ORIOLES distinguished? For what the BREVES and AFRICAN THRUSHES? 

 What sp. illustrate the general character and habits of this family? To 

 what sub-family does the AMERICAN ROBIN belong? What is said of the 

 Mocking-bird? What of the Cat-bird? Of the Misletoe Thrush? Of the 

 Water Ouzel or Dipper ? 



What is the 3d FAMILY? Why are they so called? How do they appear 

 to connect the Split-billed and Tooth-billed birds? Into how many genera 

 does Audubon arrange them? What are the EUROPEAN FLY-CATCHERS 

 sometimes called and why ? Mention the sp. What is said of the King 

 bird? What of the Phebe B. ? What of the Wood Pewee and the Amer 

 ican Redstart? How have the Greenlets been arranged? What is said 

 of them? 



What is the 4th FAMPLY ? Give the characteristics of these birds. What 

 is their food ? What is said of their plumage ? Why are they called WAX- 

 WINGS? Name and describe the only E. sp. ? What is said of the Cedar 

 B. ? What of the Pompadour Chatterer ? Of the Asiatic Wax-wing ? Of 

 the Bell B. ? What has been inferred from the appearance of immense 

 flocks of Chatterers in certain districts ? 



What is the name of the 5th and last FAMILY ? What is said of the 

 structure of these birds? What accompanies their peculiarity of beak? Is 

 their food confined to the larger insects? What curious habit have 

 they? What name is hence given to them? What is related by Mr Bell ? 

 What is said of the power of their toes? What of their boldness? Does 

 this family include many sp. ? What is said of the G. G. SHRIKE ? What 

 of the Great American S. ? What of the Red-backed S. ? 



Trace those mentioned on the Chart. 



SECTION V. 



THIRD DIVISION OF THE PERCHERS. CONE-BILLED BIRDS. 

 Conirostres. (Lat. conus, a cone ; rostrum, a beak.) 



This division is less numerous than the Dentirostres, but still 

 includes a great number of birds of varying size, structure and 

 habits. Naturalists regard this tribe as typical, not only in the 

 Order of the Perchers. but in the whole Class of Birds. 



The chief character by which they are associated together, is 

 found in the beak, which, though differing in shape and compar 

 ative size, is generally short ; at the same time, it is thick, and 

 very strong, more or less conical in form, and usually without a 

 notch at the tip. In one .pretty large group, however, the 

 TANAGERS, of Louisiana, and South America, gay, fire-colored 

 birds, the beak, while partaking of the conical form of this 

 division, is distinctly notched ; constituting them one link of 

 connexion between this and the preceding tribe, (Dentirostres.) 



