76 PICTURE OF ORGANIZED NATURE. 



(C. familiaris) are met with in Europe, up to Sand- 

 mor, and in the forests of Russia and Siberia. Ger- 

 many has the Spidercatcher (C. muraria). ' The 

 other species (more than seventy-six) are inhabitants 

 of the warmer regions, on each side of the Equator. 



32. Humming-Birds (Trochilus), which are re- 

 lated to the Creepers, are all inhabitants of America, 

 and particularly of the Torrid, and contiguous parts 

 of the Temperate, Zones. There are about sixty- 

 seven species known. The Ruffed Colibri (T. rusus) 

 is the only one found in Canada ; and the Common 

 Colibri, in Carolina. Humboldt found Colibris on 

 Chimborazo, as high as 14,000 feet above the level 

 the sea. 



33. The family of the Todies (Todus) is peculiar 

 to warm countries, and, for the most part, to America. 



34. Birds of Paradise (Paradisea) inhabit the hot 

 countries, within a few degrees of the Equator, 

 and are more particularly common in New Guinea. 

 There are nine species of them known. 



35. The Curucuis (Trogon), which also compre- 

 hends nine species, and the Barbets (Buccd), eighteen 

 species, are confined to the Torrid Zone ; and but few 

 species of them pass beyond the Tropical regions. 



36. The Grakles (Gracula), which comprehend 

 about twelve species, spread from the Torrid Zone 



