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in size and general appearance, viz. the maccaws 
and parrots ; the crows, and jays ; the rollers ; 
the woodpeckers ; hornbills ; cuckows ; bee-eat¬ 
ers ; king-fishers; toucans; creepers ; humming 
birds, &c. In this tribe the most remarkable 
birds are the great scarlet maccaw ; the blue and 
yellow ditto ; the nonpareil parroquet from New 
Holland; the yellow-breasted toucan ; the hel¬ 
met hornbill ; the Indian roller ; and various 
kinds of humming-birds, among others that rare 
species the harlequin humming-bird; distinguish¬ 
ed by the great variety of its colours, and lastly, 
the least humming-bird, the smallest of all the 
feathered race. 
The next or third Linnaean order consists of 
the Anseres or web-footed birds, such as the 
swan and goose tribe ; the gulls ; the penguins ; 
and many others. In this tribe the most remark¬ 
able are, the black swan, from New Holland ; 
the lobated duck from ditto ; the short-billed, or 
half-webbed goose ; the great penguin ; and differ¬ 
ent species of pelicans. 
The fourth Linnaean order contains the Grall^e 
or waders, and consists of the heron and bittern 
tribes ; the spoon-bill; the screamer; the curlews, 
and ibises; the plovers ; and many others. In 
this order the most remarkable specimens are, a 
„ young 
ROOM XI. 
Nat. Hist. 
