68 ‘The Official Guide to the 
over hurriedly. Then follow the various Titmice 
PARID&, a very numerous family, widely dispersed 
chiefly in Europe, Asia, and North America, several 
species are familiar to us; and the tiny Gold . 
Crests, two of which are also known to this 
country. ‘These delicate little fellows are followed by 
the Lanup# or Shrikes, the curious Australian Piping 
Crow and the Crow Shrikes taking the lead, to be 
succeeded by the Shrikes proper, a large and widely 
dispersed sub-family inhabiting most parts of the 
world, and known to us at home by four or five 
species; also a curious crested white-headed. bird 
known as Geoffrey’s Shrike (Pvionops) from West 
Africa. The Australian Wood Swallow (Artamus), 
the genus Amfpelis, represented by the European 
Waxwing, an occasional winter migrant to this 
country, and the American Cedar Bird, the Icterine 
(Zypolais), and other warblers ; the curious littie long- 
tailed Emeu Wren (Stpcturus melachurus), and the 
pretty little birds of the genus Acanthiza, both the 
latter natives of Australia, bringing us to the end of 
ine case. 
Case V. 
commences with the extensive family of Turpipa, of 
which the typical genus, Zuzdus, contains some of our 
most highly prized song birds, such as the Song Thrush 
and the Blackbird, as well as some interesting migrants, 
the Redwing, the Fieldfare, and others to be found 
in the British Bird-room. A few of the more con- 
spicuous forms are White’s Thrush (Zurdus varius), 
the Rock Thrushes (/onticola), of which the Blue 
Rock Thrush (JZ cyanus) (supposed to be ‘the 
sparrow that sitteth alone on the house-top” of our 
Scriptures) from the Mediterranean shore, is a beautiful 
example, and the Bluebirds (Szaéa) from North 
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