Tilt, rilll.ll' /.N7..I.W r.lRROT. 





Its f:tt,,rit.- roaorte are among rocky groun.l im.-raperwd itl. mil trv.-*, and it* food coo- 

 > m,.Ml\ ,.f long and Mi,viii,.nt ^ eUble subutancw*. The hloMoma of the white HibiaruH 

 :iir..nl it a |.i.-iitifui M.PJ.IN ,,f f.H^i. ;,,[ in , .!, ., to ^^ it to obtoOn th< iweet jaioeBof 





the flowers, the tongue is furnished with a long, narrow, horny scoop at the under aide of the 

 extremity, not very unlike the human nail. Aa earth has often been found upon the long 



upper mandiM'-. the bird is lH-li.-v.il t.. --.-k -.in.- |>rtion of i tn food in the ground, and to dig 

 up with its pick -axe of a bill the ground nuts and other subterraneous Tegetati* n This opinion 



Tot. Q.-CL 



