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derate size, with sharp edges, and the upper mandible 
more or less notched at the point; legs with four toes, 
three before and one behind. Food—insects, worms, 
grain, and fruit. 
Case 10. Raven ( Corvus corax), Carrion Crow (C. 
cor one), Hooded Crow ( C . cornix ), Jackdaw ( C . mone - 
dula ), Rook, (white variety,) (G f . frugilegus), Nutcracker 
(C. nucifraga ), Chough, or Red-legged Crow (C. gracu- 
lus), Bohemian Chatterer ( Ampelis garrulus), Roller 
( Coracias garrula), Stare (Sturnus vulgaris), and the 
Rose-coloured Thrush ( Turdus roseus). 
The Insectivorous Birds have a moderate sized, or 
short bill; the upper mandible curved, and notched 
towards the point, and usually furnished with some 
bristles at the base, projecting forwards. Toes, three 
before and one behind. Food, principally insects. 
Cases 11 and 12. Missel Thrush ( Turdus viscivo- 
rus), Common Thrush (T. musicus), Redwing (T. ilia- 
cus ), Fieldfare (T. pilaris), Blackbird (T . merula ), Ring 
Thrush (T. torquatus ), Water Ouzel (T. aquaticus), Ci¬ 
nereous Shrike (. Lanius excubitor ), Red-backed Shrike 
(L. colluris), Pied Fly-Catcher ( Muscicapa atricapilla), 
Spotted Fly-Catcher (M. grisola ), Reed Warbler ( Syl¬ 
via arundinacea), Grasshopper Warbler {$. locustella ), 
Sedge Warbler ( S. phragmitis), Nightingale ( S . luscinia ), 
Pettychaps (S. hortensis ), Wood Wren (S. sibillatrix). 
Black Cap (S. atricapilla ), Hartford Warbler (S. pro - 
vincialis), White-Throat [S. cinerea), Lesser White- 
Throat (S. sylviella ), Redbreast (S. rubecula), Redstart 
[S. phcenicura), Gold-crested Wren ( Motacilla regulus ), 
Yellow Wren, a white variety [Sylvia trochilus ), Lesser 
Pettychaps ( S . hippolais ), Common Wren (S. troglo¬ 
dytes), Wheat-ear ( Saxicola cenanthe), Whinchat (Sax. 
rubetra), Stonechat (Sax. rubicola), Hedge-Sparrow (Syl. 
modularis ), White Wagtail (Motacilla alba), Grey Wag¬ 
tail (M. boarula), Yellow Wagtail ( M.Jlava ), Grey-headed 
Wagtail (M.neglecta) , Meadow Lark (Anthusaquaticus), 
Tit-Lark ( Anth . pratensis), and Field Lark (Ant. ar¬ 
bor eus). 
ROOM XII. 
Nat. Hist. 
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