PIES. 
fifli. *Aa huuv of Ariftotle, the Halcyon of Pliny , Alcedo of Lin- 
naeus, Ifpida of Brijfon , IV 471. The firft gives us XV fpecies. 
Brijfon XXVI. 
Bill, ftrait ; on the lower mandible a fmall angle. 
Nostrils, fmall, covered with feathers refledted over them. 
Tongue, Ihort, horny at the end, and jagged. 
Toes, three forward, one backward. The middle toe joined clofely 
at the bafe to both the outmoft. Back toe as large as the mid- 
dle toe. 
Its manners, vide Br. Zool. 
Nuthatch Br. Zool.fol. tab. H. Br. Zool. I. tab. XXXVIII. 
Inhabits Europe , Afia , America. 
Sitta of Linn/eus and Brijfon III. 588. he defcribes V fpecies* 
Linnaeus II. Arijlotle' s Qnln not eafily determinable. 
Bill, thin, deprdTed, broad, bafe belet with briftles. 
Nostrils, fmall. 
Tongue. 
Toes, three forward, one backward, connected like thofe of the 
Kingsfifher. 
♦ . .j. u ' . 
Green-fparrow, Edw. CXXI. 
Inhabits the hot parts of America. 
! Todus of Linnaeus and Brijfon IV. 528. who enumerate II fpecies. 
The name firft given it by Dr. Brown , I fuppofe, from Todi , 
fmall birds. 
XXIV. NUT* 
HATCH. 
Ex. 
XXV. TODY„ 
Ear. 
G 
Bill, 
