CHAPTER XII, 



THE SHRIKE AND THE KING CROW. 



WE come 

 birds which 

 have not 

 gaping 

 mouths, nor 

 long and 

 slender bills, 

 nor any 

 other peculi- 

 arity, which 

 are, in short, 

 just ordinary 

 " d i c k y 

 birds." Cu- 

 vier divided 

 these into 

 two Tribes, 

 d i stingui sh- 

 ed by their 



beaks 



their 



Those 



stout, 



bills, 



and 



food. 



with 



hard 



which 



now to a mixed multitude of little 



The Butcher Bird, 



eat seeds, 



he called Conirostres ; and the insect eaters, with 



weaker bills, Dentirostres^ because they have gene- 



