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these, Jackson's Wood-hoopoe (Irrisor jacksoni) may serve as 

 our type (fig. 90). 



There is a very gorgeous group of Birds, with glowing brilliant 

 metallic hues, which are known as Trogons. Of these there are a 



Pig. 92. 



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The Lyre-bird {Menura superba). 



little less than fifty kinds, thirty-three of which are inhabitants of 

 Tropical America, and the long-tailed Trogon (Trogon macrurus) 

 may stand as a type of these very handsome creatures. 



Still more beautiful and much more varied than the Trogons 



