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seen “flitting about the fuchsias of Tierra del Fuego 
in a snowstorm,” and in, the north-west another 
species “in summer visits the Ribes-blossoms of 
Sitka,” while others are found “just beneath the line 
of perpetual snow, at an elevation of some 16,000 
feet, dwelling in a world of almost constant hail, sleet, 
and rain, and feeding on the insects which resort to 
the indigenous plants.” 
The Humming Birds in the collection have not 
yet been named and arranged, but the visitor will be 
able to distinguish among the 250 specimens most of 
the peculiarities of form and colour which characterise 
these remarkable birds. 
Case VII. 
commences the second order of the CARINATZA, 
namely, CORACIIFORMES, consisting of three sub-+ 
orders: (i) CORACI@, the Swifts and their allies; 
the Hornbills, numbering in all some 523 species. 
(ii) HALCYONES, Kingfishers ; and (111) BUCEROTES, 
The Swifts proper (CyPsELIDZ) are poorly repre- 
sented in the collection, although a numerous family ; 
one'is a well-known summer visitor to this country, 
and there are five other species met with in Europe, 
two of which have been killed in England. The 
builder of the edible ‘swallows’ nests” is a Swift of 
the genus Col/ocatia. Next in order are the Nightjars 
(CAPRIMULGID.Z), the typical genus of which is again 
a numerous one, members of the family are found 
nearly all the world over. One species is a common 
summer visitor to England, and two others are known 
in. Europe. Numerous examples will be found in 
the collection; one remarkable bird, Macrodipteryx 
(Cosmetornis) vexillarius, the standard wing Night- 
jar of Central and Southern. Africa, has one of the 
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