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Europe, &c. ; green jacamar and great jacamar of South America ; 
common bee-eater of Europe ; Javan night bird, &c. 
Wall Cases 43—47. The Tenuirostral Birds, 
Which are divided into several families: as 
Case 43. The Hoopoes and Sun Birds, which feed principally on 
the nectar of flowers ; as the common hoopoes of Africa and Europe ; 
twelve-wired paradise birds of Molucca; rifle-bird of Australia ; red¬ 
billed promerops of Africa; and grand promerops of New Guinea; 
hook-billed red honey-eater of the Sandwich Islands; and numerous 
species of sun birds of Africa and South America. 
Case 44. The Humming Birds of South and North America and the 
West Indies ; their food consists of insects and spiders; as the topaz 
humming bird; garnet-throated humming-bird; tufted-necked hum¬ 
ming-bird, & c. 
Case 45. Honey-eaters, which are peculiar to Australia; as the 
New Holland creeper; Poe honey-eater of New Zealand; wattled 
honey-eater; black and yellow honey-eater, and black-headed honey- 
eater of Australia, &c. 
Cases 46, 47. The Creepers, Nuthatches and Wrens, which live 
on insects, chiefly obtained by striking the bark of trees; as the Patagonian 
warbler; Guiana red warbler; climbing grakle, and the picoid grakle 
of South America ; common creeper of Europe ; thorn-tailed warbler 
of South America; wall creeper of Great Britain ; nuthatch of Europe 
and North America; also various species of wrens, &c. 
Cases 48—61. The Tooth-billed Passerine Birds. 
They live generally on insects, worms, &c. These birds embrace 
several families. 
Cases 48—52. The Warblers, which are solitary in their habits, 
feeding on insects, worms and berries. 
Case 48. Tailor birds; they live on insects, and mostly form very 
beautiful and artfully dome-shaped nests; as the bush warbler of 
India; Hartford warbler of Europe; superb warbler of New Holland, 
&c.; and the superb menura, of Australia. 
Cases 49—52. Warblers; which are small birds that have an agree¬ 
able song, and are continually flitting about in search of insects and 
their caterpillars, &c. 
Case 49. The true Warblers, as the black cap warbler, lesser pet- 
tichaps, grasshopper warbler, fire-crested wren, &c., of Europe, &c. 
Case 50. The Wheatears. These inhabit barren places in various 
parts of the Old World, and are lively birds, which subsist on insects; as 
the wheatear warbler, redstart warbler, red-tailed warbler, blue-throated 
warbler, redbreast warbler, whinchat warbler, sedge warbler, &c. ; 
and the Titmice, which are very active in flitting from branch to 
branch and suspending themselves in all kinds of attitudes whilst seek¬ 
ing for insects on the trees; as the great titmouse, blue titmouse, and 
the long-tailed titmouse of Europe, &c. 
Case 51. Wood Warblers, which mostly inhabit North America, 
where they are seen in the low bushes flying from branch to branch in 
