CLIMBERS. 



Parrots. 



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Parrots have a stout, thick bill, hooked at the tip. 

 Many of them are adorned with the most gorgeous 

 colored plumage ; and this, together with the ease with 

 which many of them are trained to speak, has made 

 them objects of great interest. They live in the warm 

 regions. 



Fig. no. — Carolina Parrot 



The Carolina Parrot of the Southern States, about 

 as large as a Dove, is our only species. 



Cuckoos. 



The Cuckoos of the United States are about a foot 

 long, with the upper parts of a metallic olive-green 

 color, and the under parts white. They are shy, con- 

 cealing themselves in the thick foliage of trees, where 



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