ORDER SECOND. 
OMNIVOROUS BIRDS. (Temminck.) 
With the hill of moderate size, strong, stout, and edged 
at the sides ; the upper mandible more or less notched at 
the point. The feet provided with 4 toes, 3 of which are 
in front and 1 behind. The wings of moderate size, and 
with the quills pointed. 
Habits. The birds which compose this order live in 
bands, or companies, and are monogamous. They nest 
upon trees, in the crannies of ruins or old towers, and 
some of the species occupy the natural cavities of decayed 
trees. The male and female also hatch the eggs in turn. 
They live on insects, worms, and carrion, and often add 
likewise to this nourishment grain and fruits. Their 
flesh is usually hard, tough, and unpalatable. 
Family — Gregarii. ( Illiger . Bonaparte .) 
With the bill moderate in size, hard, straight, acute, and sharp on 
the edges; the nostrils at its base, and partly hid; the tongue incapa- 
ble of extension, and cleft or notched at the extremity. The feet ro- 
bust, and the legs naked. The wings of moderate length, and the 
quills pointed at the tips. 
These birds are generally omnivorous, and gregarious at certain 
seasons of the year. They build in trees, some also on cliffs, ruins, 
or round inhabited dwellings, and also on the ground. Their voice 
