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THE SECOND ORDER. 



PASSEKES. 



The order Passeres is the most numerous of the entire 

 class. It embraces all the birds which are neither swim- 

 mers, nor waders, nor climbers, nor rapacious, nor galli- 

 naceous. The Passeres have neither the violent cha- 

 racter of the birds of prey, nor the fixed regimen of the 

 Gallinacea, or of the water-fowl. Their food consists of 

 insects, fruits, and grains. It is more exclusively gra- 

 niverous in proportion to the thickness of the bill ; and 

 more exclusively insectivorous as the latter is more at- 

 tenuated. Some, which possess a very strong bill, are 

 even found to pursue small birds. Cuvier. 



[It will be observed, that in arranging the Passeres, we 

 have followed the order of the French naturalist, though it 

 has not been thought necessary to notice his numerous di- 

 visions of genus and sub-genus.] 



ORDER PASSERES. 



The Bell-Bird. Campanero. 

 Ampelis Carunculata. 



THIS is another of the beautiful and curious 

 birds found in the forests of South America ; 

 and rarely seen or heard, save by those 



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