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forests, called the Campanero, or Bell-bird, from its note resembling 
the convent bell. Case 59-61. Shrikes and Butcher birds : many 
of these impale insects and small birds on thorns, and hence their 
name ; some of the Drongos, or Indian forked-tailed Shrikes, have 
great powers of song. 
Cases 62-73. The Conirostral Passerine Birds feed chiefly on grain 
and fruit, but may be called omnivorous. The Crows and Jays ; the 
curious bare-necked Grakles of South America ; the gorgeous Birds of 
Paradise from New Guinea and the adjoining islands, to which they 
prove a considerable source of revenue. Selections of the finest spe- 
cimens of the Birds of Paradise have separate glazed cases allotted to 
them. Case 65. The metallic-plumed shining Thrushes; the satin 
Bower Bird of Australia forms a bower of twigs, which it adorns with 
feathers and strews 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. 
Case 67. The yellow and black Orioles, some of which, like the 
Cuckoos and Cowpen Bunting of North America, lay their eggs in the 
nests of other birds. Case 68. The Weavers of Africa and Asia, 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 ; the Gros- 
beaks, particularly the thick-billed Ground-sparrow of the Galapagos. 
Case 69. The Tanagers of the New World, remarkable for the gay 
plumage of the males. Case 70. The Finches and Buntings, living 
chiefly on seeds; the Larks, with the hind claw long and straight; 
the Crossbills, 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 ; 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 incu- 
bating are imprisoned in the nest and fed by the male. 
Cases 74-83. The Scansorial Birds, powerful graspers from the 
arrangement of the toes, tw'o before and two behind. The long- 
tailed Brazilian Macaws with naked cheeks ; the Australian Para- 
keets ; the Cockatoos ; the New Zealand Strigops with its owl-like 
aspect ; and the red and blue Lories of the Indian Archipelago. 
Case 77. The Toucans of the New World, with large beaks ; one 
of the most curious is the curl-crested species. Cases 78-80. 
The Woodpeckers, witli their wedge-shaped beaks and bristly- 
pointed tails; they live on insects and larvaB, which they extract from 
trees, by pecking with their strong chisel-like beaks, and then in- 
serting their long extensile tongues. The species are most numerous 
in America and Asia. Cases 81-83. The Cuckoos. Many of these 
deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds, which 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 2:)urple 
plumage ; the Anis are black birds, found in South America and the 
West Indies. They are very fond of warmth, and live on insects. 
