ZOOLOGY. 



(Fig. 242), lark (Fig. 259), sparrows, crow, bird of paradis.-. 

 (Fig. 257), the colibri or humming bird (Fig. 261), the wren, 

 (Fig. 266), kingfisher (Fig. 244), and the calao (Fig. 246). 



Fig. 260. The 



Wren. 



Fig. 259. The Lark. 



450. The climbing birds have, with the regime and the 

 ordinary organization of the passeres, two toes directed for- 

 wards and two backwards ; hence the facility with which 



Fig. 261. Colibri, or Humming Bird. 



they climb in all directions. In this division are arranged the 

 toiu -ans remarkable for their enormous bills, the parroquet 

 I Fi-r. -2;2), the cuckoo, the woodpecker (Fig. 228), &c. 



