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NATURAL HISTORY. 
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headed amazon’s parrot, passerine parrot of South America; great white 
cockatoo, &c., of Indian Archipelago; red-crowned parrot, and 
Banksian cockatoo of Australia, &c. 
Case 77. The Toucans, which belong to the New World, are simi¬ 
lar to the hornbill in habits and also in food; as the yellow-breasted 
toucan, Aracari toucan, Janeiro toucan, &c. 
Cases 78—80. The Woodpeckers, which inhabit various parts of 
the world, and are divided into several subdivisions: viz. 
Case 78. The Barbets are inhabitants of India and its isles, South 
America, and Africa. Their food consists of insects, fruits and small 
birds; as the groove-billed barbican of Africa, &c.; Cayenne barbet; 
grand barbet of India. The Picumnince are found in South America 
and India; as the minute woodpecker, &c. The true woodpeckers 
inhabit North America, India and Europe; they traverse the bark of 
trees in every direction, and insinuate their long tongue into chinks 
and crevices to draw out the larvae of insects, on which they feed; they 
also subsist on soft fruits; as the northern three-toed woodpecker, ) 
white-billed woodpecker of North America, &c., and greater spotted 
woodpecker of Europe, &c. 
Case 79. Dryocopince principally live in South America, and feed 
chiefly on fruits and eggs of small birds; as the great black woodpecker \ 
of Europe ; Cayenne woodpecker; red-headed woodpecker of North ; 
America, &c. The Celeimz, which feed chiefly on insects and ants; as j; 
the green woodpecker of Europe and England; yellow-crested wood- { 
pecker of South America; Carolina woodpecker, &c. 
Case 80. The ground woodpeckers are peculiar to America and | 
Africa, live principally on the ground, and feed on ants, &c.; as the gold- 
winged woodpecker of North America, and crimson-breasted wood¬ 
pecker of Africa. The wrynecks are inhabitants of Europe, India, and 
Africa, feeding chiefly on ants, w T hich they secure by means of their 
long tongue; as the wryneck of Europe, also found in England. 
Cases 81—83. The Cuckows, which are migratory birds, and are 
divided into several divisions : viz. 
Case 81. The Honey Cuckows are found in Africa, where they 
are celebrated for guiding the natives to the nests of wild bees, enticing 
them to the spot by fluttering before them, and reiterating a peculiar 
cry ; as the honey cuckow,. and lesser honey cuckow, &c. The rain 
cuckows are peculiar to South America, where they live on snakes, 
fruits and insects, w T hich they search for on the ground, as the long¬ 
billed rain cuckow, &c. 
Cases 81, 82. The Coucals are inhabitants of the warmer parts 
of the world, and are generally searching among reeds and grass for 
grasshoppers, lizards, and fruits ; as the giant coucal, variegated coucal, 
&c., of Australia; bubut coucal of Java, &c., and the straight-heeled 
coucal of Africa; Cayenne cuckow ; spotted cuckow of South America. 
Case 82. The Anis inhabit South America, the West Indies, Asia, 
&e., where they are found on the ground seeking for insects, and others | 
feed on fruits ; as,the greater ani and lesser ani, &c., red-headed mal- 
koha, and tricoloured malkoha of India. 
Cases 82, 83. The True Cuckows are only found in the 
warmer parts of the world; their food consists of insects and fruits; the 
