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VERTEBRATE ANIMALS. 



Cockatoos, the Lories, the Parrakeets, and the Macaws. They 

 are all natives of hot climates, and are most remarkable for 

 their brilliant plumage, and loud, harsh, and grating voices. 



Fia. 135.— Scansores. Purple-capped Lory {Lorius domiceHa). 



The beak (Fig. 135) is hooked, and is used as a kind of third 

 foot in climbing, but some move about actively on the ground. 

 4. The Mhamphastidce or Toucans, distinguished by their 

 enormously large and cellular bills, the sides of which are ser- 

 rated. They live in deep forests, in small flocks, and are con- 

 fined to tropical America. 5. The Ti'ogonidcB or Trogons, 

 which inhabit the most retired recesses of the forests of the 

 intertropical regions of both hemispheres, and are distin- 

 guished by their resplendent plumage. 



Oedbe VI. IiTSBSSOEES (Lat. insedeo, I sit upon, or perch). 

 — The sixth order of Birds is that of the Insessores or Perchers, 

 often spoken of as the Passerine Birds (Lat. passer, a sparrow). 



