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many have brilliant plumage. Cases 54, 55. The Chatterers : 
many of these are of beautiful plumage and feed on berries 
and insects ; remarkable among them is the white Chatterer of the 
American forests, called the Campanero, or Bell-bird, from its note 
resembling the convent bell. Case 56. The Tyrant-Flycatchers of 
North and South America pursue and catch small birds as well as 
insects. One of the most curious is the King Tody of South America, 
with a finely coloured and peculiar radiated crest on its head. Case 
57. American Bush-Shrikes. Case 58. The metallic-plumed Glossy 
Starlings; the Bower Birds of Australia; they form a bower of twigs, 
which they adorn with feathers and strew with bones and stones, 
using it as a place to play in. The Oxpeckers of Africa with their 
strong beaks pick grubs out of the skin of oxen and other beasts. 
Cases 59, 60. Starlings and Hang-Nests. The latter birds are 
found only in America, and derive their name from the wonderful 
purse-like nests which they build. This peculiarity is shared by the 
Weavers of Africa and Asia (Cases 60, 61), so named from the elegant 
nests they weave with dried grasses : some of these live in great 
colonies with the nests under one great cover. Cases 61, 62. The 
Tanagers of the New World, remarkable for the gay plumage of 
the males. Cases 63, 64. The Finches and Buntings, living chiefly on 
seeds ; the Larks, with the hind claw long and straight ; the Cross- 
bills, with the points of the beak crossing each other and giving them 
great power in tearing pine-cones to pieces to get at the seeds. 
Cases 65-77. The Scansorial Birds, powerful graspers from the 
arrangement of the toes, two before and two behind. Cases 65-67. 
The Barbets and Woodpeckers, the latter distinguished by their wedge- 
shaped beaks and bristly-pointed tails; they live on insects and larvae, 
which they extract from trees, by pecking holes with their strong chisel- 
like beaks, and then inserting their long extensile tongues. The species 
are most numerous in America and Asia. Cases 68-70. The Cuckoos. 
Many of these deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds, w r hich 
sit upon them and rear the young; the Honey-guides of South Africa 
are so called from guiding the natives to the nests of wild bees ; the 
Golden Cuckoos of South Africa have brilliant metallic green and 
purple plumage ; the Anis are black birds, found in South America 
and the West Indies. They are very fond of warmth, and live on 
insects. Case 71. The Colies of Africa and India, which sleep 
in companies, suspended by one foot; the African Plantain-eaters. 
Cases 72, 73. The Hornbills, with their enormous beaks : the females 
when incubating are imprisoned in the nest (which is placed in the 
hollow of a tree) and fed by the male. Cases 73-76. The Parrots : 
The long-tailed Brazilian Macaws with naked cheeks; the Australian 
Parakeets ; the Cockatoos ; the New Zealand Strigops having the 
aspect of an owl ; and the red and blue Lories of the Indian Archi- 
pelago. Case 77. The Toucans of the New World, with large beaks ; 
one of the most curious is the curl -crested species. 
Cases 78-83 contain the Pigeons ; the most conspicuous of these 
are — the Victoria and great Crowned Pigeons of the East Indian 
