SCO INSESSORES. 



distribution ? Name the families into which they are arranged. Where 

 are the HOOPOES found? What sp. visits Europe ? From what does it re 

 ceive its name ? What is said of it ? What is the food of the gen. Pro- 

 merops? What is said of the Red-Beaked P. ? What of the Grand P.? 



What is the 2d FAMILY ? Why are they so called ? Into what groups 

 are they arranged? To what regions are the CINNYRID^E confined? What 

 is said of their bills and feet? Where are the birds of the 2d GROUP found? 

 To what birds are they intermediate ? What is said of the NECTARINES ? 

 How do they differ from the Sun B. and Humming B. in their mode of 

 procuring their food ? Are any of the Sun B. musical ? What is said 01 

 their nests ? What use is made of the feathers of one sp. of this bird ? 



_ What is the 3d FAMILY? Are they numerous? What is said of the dis 

 tinction between the sp. ? What of their size, structure, and plumage ? 

 How and whence do they obtain their food? What is said of their tongue? 

 What of their sight and hearing ? How are some of them protected against 

 the cold in elevated regions? What does Humboldt notice? What is said 

 of the nests of these birds, &c. ? What species are named? 



Mention the 4th FAMILY? What is said of the beak of these birds? 

 To what region are they chiefly confined ? On what do they feed ? What 

 is said of their plumage ? Of their size ? What sp. are mentioned ? 



What is the 5th FAMILY ? Are they strictly Tenuirostral birds ? What 

 is said of their tongue ? On what do they feed ? Are they strictly Climb 

 ers? What is said of the tails of the TREE CREEPERS? Describe the 

 Brown Creeper. Describe the bill of the NUTHATCHES. What use do they 

 make of it? Why are they called Nuthatches? What sp. are found in the 

 U. S. ? Which is the smallest? What is the generic name ot the WRENS? 

 What is its signification ? Describe the HOUSE WREN. What other sp. are 

 mentioned ? Where are the Ox-peckers found ? Kepeat what is said ot 

 them. 



Name and trace those figured on the chart. 



SECTION VII 



THIRD ORDER. CLIMBERS. 

 SCANSORES, (Lat. scando, to climb.) 



The birds of this order are unlike in their food and in their 

 general structure and habits ; but as a distinguishing character 

 common to them all, they have four toes rising nearly to the same 

 level, the outer toes being turned backwards more or less perma 

 nently., like the thumb, so that these are opposable to the middle 

 and inner toes, which point in the opposite direction. This pe 

 culiar disposition of their toes gives these birds great facility in 

 climbing the branches of trees, but it renders walking more diffi- 



