52 ANISODACTYLI. 
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 ( Picus), 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 extensibie,—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, bafiles all description. Those having the purple or 
orange in their feathers, should be specially protected from air 
and light, as these colours are exceedingly evanescent. 
