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Case 27. The Sparrow-hawks : these birds skim the earth with a 
rapid flight, seizing their prey upon the wing ; as the goshawk and 
sparrow-hawk of the British Isles, and others. 
Cases 28 — 30. The Harriers : these birds generally fly very low 
over the marshes, and strike their prey on the ground ; as the chanting 
falcon of the Cape of Good Hope ; Madagascar falcon ; secretary, of 
the Cape of Good Hope ; hen harrier, ash-coloured falcon, and moor 
buzzard, of the British Isles, &c. 
Cases 31 — 35. The Nocturnal Raptorial Birds, 
Which are subdivided thus : 
Case 31. Hawk-owls, as the Canada owl; snowy owl of Orkney 
and North America. 
Cases 32, 33. Eagle owls, as the scops-eared owl of England, &c. ;. 
ketupu owl of the Indian Archipelago ; great-eared owl, from various 
parts of the Old World ; and the Virginian eared owl, of North Ame- 
rica, &c. 
Case 34. Howlets : as the brown owl ; long-eared owl of Great 
Britain and other parts of the world ; barred owl of North America ; 
little owl, and the Tengm aim’s owl of Northern Europe. 
Case 35. The true Owls, as the barn white owl of various parts of 
the world, and the bay owl of Java. 
Cases 36 — 83. The Perching Birds. 
These are divided into five divisions, each of which embraces several 
families. 
Cases 36 — 42. The Wide-gaped Perching Birds. 
Cases 36, 37. The goat-suckers, which are solitary birds, living 
on moths, &c. ; as the Trinidad goatsucker, or fat bird ; New Holland 
goatsucker; wedge-tailed goatsucker ; great goatsucker ; Carolina goat- 
sucker of North America ; Leona goatsucker of Africa ; and European 
goatsucker. 
Case 38. The Swallows and Swifts, as the common swift of 
Europe ; aculeated swallow of North America ; esculent swallow of 
the Indian Isles ; chimney swallow, sand martin, and martin swallow, of 
Europe, &c. 
Case 39. The Todies, Rollers, Broad-bills, and Mot-mot, which 
live on insects, berries, &c. , as the garrulous roller of Europe ; Abys- 
sinian roller ; green tody of the West Indies ; Javan tody ; Brazilian 
motmot, &c. 
Case 40. The Curucuis : they live in low damp woods in the tro- 
pical parts of America and Asia, and feed on insects and berries ; 
as the red-bellied curucui of South America; Narina curucui of 
Africa, & c. 
Cases 41, 42. The Kingfishers; they are generally of a bril- 
liant colour, and live on fish, which they catch by diving, also on 
Crustacea and insects ; as the spotted-bellied barbet, and great pied 
barbet, of South America ; great brown kingfisher, of Australia ; ter- 
nate kingfisher of Philippine Islands; and common kingfisher of 
Britain, &c. ; green jacamar and great jacamar of South America ; 
common bee-eater of Europe ; Javan night bird, &c. 
