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sorial 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 crovos^ the roo/r, the jackdaw^ 
magpie^ jay (with its white variety, considered 
by some authors as a distinct species), the nut¬ 
cracker ; all which belong to the Linnean genus 
of Coi'vus ;—the roller. To these are added the 
species of Lanius^ referred by some to the pre¬ 
daceous, by others to the passerine birds : the 
great ash-coloured and red-hacked shrike 2 ind the 
voood-chat. 
In the fourth order (Passeres, or Passerine 
Birds, Cases 8 and 9)are placed \}oo,stay'ling^ show¬ 
ing its change of plumage (amongst which the^o- 
Utary thrush of yioni^guQ is included); the water- 
ouzel; the rose-red thrush^ the missel thrush^ the 
throstle^ the fieldfare^ the redwings the ring-ouzel^ 
the blackbird ; the Bohemian chatterer ; the bunt¬ 
ings ; the buljinch^ with the greenfinch, hawfinch^ 
and cross-bill; the JinchesmcXxxdimg the sparrows; 
the larks, together with the species of Anthus, 
separated by Bechstein from the real larks ; two 
species of fly-catcher ; a considerable number of 
species of the genus Sylvia, among which are the 
reed-warbler, the nightingale, the hedge-warbler 
(or, as it is improperly named, the hedge-spar¬ 
row'), the black-cap, (often named the Welsh or 
mock nightingale), the Dartford warbler; the 
stone and whm chats; the gold-crest, the smallest 
of 
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Nat. Hist. 
