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Spotted Bovver Bird {Chlanii/dodera macidata). 

 Range. New South Wales. 

 Food. Principally fruit and grain [Gould). 



King Bird of Paradise (Cicmnurus regins). 

 Range. New Guinea- 

 Food. Fruit and insecty. 



Canadian Jay (Ferisoreus canadensis). 

 Range. Canada and the Northern States of the Union. 

 Food. Insects ; eggs, tiesh ; leaves of fir trees [Audubon). 



Hooded Crow [Cor v us comix). 

 Range. Palsearctic Uegion. 

 Food. Omnivorous (eggs, carrion, young birds, etc.). 



White-collai'ed oi' E^ied Ci'ow [Corvus scajnilatus). 

 Range. Africa south of the Sahara. 

 Food. Omnivorous, with partiality for fiesh food. 



White-backed Piping Ci'ow [Gymnorkina leuconota). 

 Range. S. Australia, New South Wales. 

 Food. Mostly insects [Gould). 



Long-billed Butcher Crow [Cracticus destritctor). 

 Range. Australia. 

 Food. Chiefly insects. 



Sulphury Tyi'ant [Pitangus sulphuratus). 

 Range. Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil. 



Food. Mostly insects and animal food of various kinds as well 

 as fruit. 



Greater Spotted AV^oodpecker [Dendrocopus major). 

 Range. Paleearctic Region. 

 Food. Insects. 



Common Laughing Kingfisher [Dacelo gigantea). 

 Range. New South Wales and South Australia. 



Leach's Laughing Kingfisher [Dacelo leachii). 

 Range. North-east coast of Australia. 



Buft" Laughing Kingfisher [Dacelo cervina). 

 Range. East and North Austi'alia. 



Food. These great Kingfishers feed mainly upon reptiles aaid 

 insects, but also upon rats and mice. 



Elate Hornbill [Ceralogymna elata) and 

 Black Hornbill [0. afrata). 

 Range. W. Africa, Nigeria, etc. 

 Food. Insects ; snakes, small mammals, etc. 

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