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Their sensibility to atmospheric influences. Periods and causes 

 of Moulting, &c 36 



SECTION 12. HABITAT AND MIGRATION. CUVIER'S account. 

 Habitat not circumscribed. Regularity and method of migration. 

 Periods of arrival and departure. Each species, its distinct 

 habitat. THOMPSON'S account. Remarks by KNAPP, &c. .. 42 



SECTION 13. CLASSIFICATION. WILLOUGHBY and RAY'S System. 

 The LINN^EAN, CUVIER'S, BRISSON'S, TEMMINCK'S. The 

 Quinary, its beauty and convenience ; will it stand ? MACGILLI- 

 VRAY and BUFFON on systematic arrangement. Works to be 

 referred to by the student. British Birds, number of species. 

 BKCHSTEIN'S classification. . . . . . . . . 48 



DIVISIONS OF BIRDS. 



SECTION 1. BIRDS OF PREY. Accipitres. Cut of Rapacious Beaks. 



Species : 1, Kestril. 2, White, or Barn Owl. 3, Little Owl. 53 



SECTION 2. CROW TRIBE. Coraces. Species : 4, Great Ash-coloured 

 Shrike. 5, Lesser Grey Shrike. 6, Woodchat Shrike. 7, Red- 

 backed Shrike. 8, Raven. 9, Carrion Crow : Lines by AINS- 

 WORTH. 10, Hooded Crow. 11, Rook. 12, Jackdaw. 13, 

 j a y._14, Nutcracker. 15, Magpie. 16, Roller. 17, Golden 

 Oriole. 18, Hoopoe. 19, Cuckoo. 20, Minor Grakle. .. 61 



SECTION 3. LARGE-BEAKED BIRDS. Levirostres. Classification 

 of Parrots, their geographical distribution, &c. Species: 21, Red 

 and Blue Macaw. 22, Blue and Yellow Macaw. 23, Great Green 

 Macaw. 24, Illinois Parrot. 25, Blue-headed Parrot. 26, 

 Yellow Parrot. 27, Long-tailed Parrakeet. 28, Pavouan 

 Parrot. 29, Red and Blue-headed Parrakeet. 30, Cardinal 

 Parrot, its varieties. 31, Purple Parrot. 32, Whiskered Parrot. 

 33, Rose-ringed Parrakeet. 34, Red-crescented Parrakeet. 

 35, Grey-breasted Parrot. 36, Carolina Parrot. 37, Amboina 

 Parrot. 38, Great White Cockatoo. 39, Lesser do. 40, Red- 

 crested Cockatoo. 41, Red-vented Cockatoo. 42, Banksian 



