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and spiced ; but not for consumption, but as ornaments 

 and for their beautiful feathers, in order to preserve 

 which, they cut their legs and wings. 



Cases 18 to 25 contain the Insectivorous Birds. 

 The family of Butcher Birds, Flycatchers, Chatterers, 

 Thrushes, and Warblers. The chatterers are natives 

 of Bohemia, whence they wander in flocks all over 

 Europe ; but are seldom seen in the south parts of Bri- 

 tain. Their voice is noisy and garrulous, and may be 

 heard at the distance of more than a mile. There is a 

 fine specimen of the Superb Warbler at the bottom of 

 case 20, and of the Crimson-breasted Barbara Shrike in 

 case 19. At the top of cases 24 and 25 are the Eme- 

 rald Thrushes, and the Green-breasted Honey-eater. 

 In case 24, on the left, the fifth row from the bottom, 

 the beautiful Black and White Creepers, and Yellow- 

 breasted Creepers, a great variety of Water Thrushes, 

 and lower down the diminutive Wrens. 



Cases 26 and 27. Granivorous Birds from America. 



Cases 29 and 30. The Tenuirostral Birds, among 

 which are the Honey-suckers, from New Holland. 



Cases 31 and 32. The Dendrocolaptes from South 

 America, and Fissirostral, or those which feed princi- 

 pally when on the wing upon fish and insects. In this 

 order are the family of Swallows. The Swifts, Goat- 

 suckers, and the Bee- eaters are in this order. 



Cases 33 and 34 contain the King Fishers, so called 

 from their living on fish, which are caught with no less 

 certainty than expedition ; it balances itself at a certain 

 distance above the water, for a considerable space, then 

 darting into the deep it seizes them instantaneously. 

 Of the Humming Birds, there are existing as many as 

 two hundred species, from the size of a small wren to 

 that of a bee. 



Cases 35 to 44 contain the Zygodactylous Birds, 

 amongst which are Parrots, Paroquets, viz. the Red- 

 shouldered, the Blossom-headed, Blossom-crested, Blue- 

 crested, Abyssinian, &c. Also Woodpeckers, Cuckoos, 

 some of which, in case 40, are exquisitely beautiful ; as 

 the Gilded Cuckoo, &c. The Barbets, Toricans, and 



