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INTRODUCTION. 



45 Phytoto- > p lant . cutterj 9 



as seeds, or insects: Nest curiously constructed : the Taow 

 put into the mouth of the young by the parents : monogamous ; 

 many of these are songsters. 



* With thick bills. 



41 Loxia. Grosbeak, 121 



42 Emberiza. Bunting, 82 

 44 Fringilla. Finch, - 150 , 



* * With curved bills, the upper mandible bent at the lip. 



40 Colius. Coly, - 11 

 50 Pipra. Manakin, 43 



52 Hirundo. Swallow, 66 , 



With bills, having the upper mandible emarginated at the top. 



ma 



33 Capiimul-)^ . t ._ 

 ** >Goat-sueker,40 



gus. y 



38 Turdu*. 



39 Ampelis. 



* * * * 



37 Sturnus. 

 47 Alauda. 



Thrush, 

 Cliatterei 



234 43 Tanagra. Tanager, 61 

 28 46 Muscicapa. Fly-catcher,177 



Simple-billed, bill strait, integral, attenuated. 



Starling, 37 

 Lark, - 55 

 48 Motacilla. Wagtail, 25 



49 Sylvia. 

 51 Parus. 



Warbler, 298 

 Titmouse, 38 



ORDO IV. ORDER IV. 



Columba. Pigeon or Columbine. 



Bill rather strait, swelling at the base; Feet formed for 

 walking-, short ; Nails simple ; Body plump ; Flesh savoury; 

 Food grass, fruits, and seeds, swallowed whole; Nest ill con- 

 structed, placed in trees, hollows of rocks, &c. ; Eggs two 

 in number ; the mother feeds the young with grain made soft in 

 the crop, and ejected into their mouths ; monogamous. 

 54 Columba. Pigeon, 136 



ORDO V. ORDER V. 



Galling. Gallinaceous. 



Bill convex, the upper mandible arched over the lower, 

 having a convex cartilaginous membrane over the nostrils ; 

 Feet made for walking; Tots rough beneath; Body plump, 

 muscular ; Flesh savoury ; Food grain of all kinds, collected 

 from the ground and macerated in the crop; Nest made on 

 the bare ground without art ; Eggs numerous; the young as 



