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branches ; but they are devoid of all the playful agility of the 

 Insectivorous and Granivorous birds. In this genus are the 

 Parrots and their congeners, remarkable for their powers in 

 climbing branches, and in suspending themselves in various 

 positions by the limbs., Great latitude may be used with the 

 setting up of this tribe their colours are for the most part 

 very brilliant, but they should not be too much exposed to the 

 light. Those having purple, orange, or liliac tints, are par- 

 ticularly liable to change. 



The legs, cere, and naked parts of the face of Parrots, and 

 their congeners, will require, for the most part, to be refreshed 

 with the coloured varnishes. Their limbs and bills have fre- 

 quently the appearance of being powdered. In these species, 

 this appearance is to be given by washing the bill, &c. with mas- 

 tic varnish and dusting the Pollen powder through a pepper- 

 box over them. This powder is described in the Chapter of 

 Receipts. 



In this Order are also the Woodpeckers (Pzcws), which are 

 true climbing birds, and should be attached to the trunks or 

 branches of trees, they seldom expand their wings, they are 

 assisted in climbing by their tail, consequently, it almost always 

 forms an inclined plane to the back of the bird. 



ORDER VI. ANISODACTYLI. 



The habits of this Order are much like the former, all of 

 them being climbers and insectivorous. Their tongues are more 

 or less extensible, they have three toes before and one be- 

 hind, always of unequal length, hence the name of the 

 order. 



Many of the species possess the most splendid and gor- 

 geous plumage ; for example, the Creepers (Certhia), and the 

 Humming-birds ( Trochilus), the beauty of whose plumage, in 

 general, baffles all description. Those having the purple or 

 orange hi their feathers, should be specially protected from air 

 and light, as these colours are exceedingly evanescent. 



