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Nat. Hist. 
gressorial or stepping feet: of the first division 
are the wood-peckers^ and the wy-neck ; in the 
second we have the nut-hatch (partaking of the 
general character of the wood-peckers and the 
tit-mice)^ the Jioopoo^ and the creeper; in the 
third the bee-eater (a specimen of which was 
lately killed^n Devonshire) and the king^ s fisher. 
The third order. Coraces or Ravens (Cases 
7 AND 8, lower shelves), comprises those with 
scansorial or climbing feet, to which belongs the 
cuckow, of which Europe possesses but one spe¬ 
cies, so remarkable for neglecting its young; 
and those with ambulatory feet, among which 
are the raven and carrion crows, the rook, the 
jackdaw, magfiie, jay (with its white variety, 
considered by some authors as a distinct spe¬ 
cies), the nut-cracker; all which belong to the 
Linnaean genus of Corvus ; —the roller. To 
these are added the species of Lanhis, referred 
by some to the predaceous, by others to the 
passerine birds: the great ash-coloured and I'ed- 
hacked shrike, and the wood-chat. 
In the fourth order (Passeres, or Passerine 
Birds, Cases 8 and 9) are placed the starling, 
showing its change of plumage (amongst which 
the solitai'y thrush of Montague is included); 
the water-ouzel; the rose-red thrush, the missel- 
thrush, the throstle, the fieldfare, the redwing, 
the ring-ouzel, the hlack-hird; the Bohemian 
chatterer; the huntings; the hulfinch, with the 
greeifinch, hawfinch, and crossbill ; the finches 
including 
