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maccaw; hyacinthine maccaw of South America; Papuan lory; purple- 
capped lory of the Indian Archipelago ; hawk-headed parrot, yellow- 
headed amazon’s parrot, passerine parrot of South America ; great white 
cockatoo, &c., of the Indian Archipelago; red- crowned parrot, and 
Banksian cockatoo of Australia, &c. 
Case 77. The Toucans, which belong to the New World, are simi- 
lar to the hornbill in habits and also in food ; as the yellow-breasted 
toucan, Aracari toucan, Janeiro toucan, &e. . 
Cases 78-80. The Woodpeckers, which inhabit various parts ox 
the world, and are divided into several subdivisions: viz.. 
Case 78 The Barbels are inhabitants of India and its isles, feoutn 
America, and Africa. Their food consists of insects, fruits and small 
birds* as the groove-billed barbican of Africa, &c. ; Cayenne barbet ; 
grand barbet of India. The Picumnina: are found m South America 
and India; as the minute woodpecker, &c. The true woodpeckers 
inhabit North America, India, and Europe; they traverse the bark ot 
trees in every direction, and insinuate their long tongue into chinks 
and crevices to draw out the larvse of insects, on which they teed; they 
also subsist on soft fruits; as the northern three-toed woodpecker, 
white-billed woodpecker^ of North America, &c., and greater spotted 
woodpecker of Europe, &e. . „ . . . , , i 
Case 79. Bryocopince principally live m South America, and teed 
chiefly on fruits and eggs of small birds; as the great black woodpecker 
of Europe; Cayenne woodpecker ; red-headed' woodpecker of North 
America; &c. The Celeinee , which feed chiefly on insects and ants ; as 
the green woodpecker of Europe and England; yellow-crested wood- 
pecker of South America; Carolina woodpecker, &c. . 
Case 80. The ground woodpeckers are peculiar to America and 
Africa, live principally on the ground, and feed on ants, &c. ; as the gold- 
winged woodpecker of North America, and cnmsombreasted wood- 
pecker of Africa. The wrynecks are inhabitants of Europe, India, and 
Africa, feeding chiefly on ants, which they secure by means of their 
long tongue ; as the wryneck of Europe, also found in England. 
Cases 81— 83. The Cuckows, which are migratory birds, and are 
divided into several divisions : viz. 
Case 81. The Honey Cuckows are found m Africa, w here they 
are celebrated for guiding the natives to the nests of wild bees, enticing 
them to the spot by fluttering before them, and reiterating a peculiar 
crv ; as the honey cuckow, and lesser honey cuckow, &c. the ram 
cuckows are peculiar to South America, where they live on snakes, 
fruits and insects, which they search for on the ground, as the long- 
billed rain cuckow, &c. , , . _ . , 
Cases 81, 82. The Coucals are inhabitants of the warmer parts 
of the world, and are generally searching among reeds and grass for 
grasshoppers, lizards, and fruits ; as the giant coucal, variegated .coucal, 
&c., of Australia; bubut coucal of Java, &c., and the straight-heeled 
coucal of Africa ; Cayenne cuckow ; spotted cuckow of South America. 
Case 82. The Anis inhabit South America, the West Indies, Asia, 
&c., where they are found on the ground seeking for insects, and others 
feed on fruits ; as the greater ani and lesser am, &c., red-headed mal- 
koha, and trieoloured malkoha of India. , . , 
Cases 82, 83. The True Cuckows are only found in the 
