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in proportion to their size of all the birds of prey ; as the jer-falcon, 
peregrine falcon; hobby, and kestrils, &c., of Europe, &c. 
Case 27. The Sparrow-hawks: these birds skim the earth with a 
rapid flight, seizing their prey upon the wing; as the goshawk and 
sparrow-hawk of Europe, and others. 
Cases 28—30. The Harriers: these birds generally fly very low 
over the marshes, and strike their prey on the ground; as the chanting 
falcon of the Cape of Good Hope; Madagascar falcon ; secretary, of 
the Cape of Good Hope; hen harrier, ash-coloured falcon, and moor 
buzzard, of Europe, &c. 
Wall Cases 31—35. The Nocturnal Raptorial Birds, 
Which are subdivided thus: 
Case 31. Hawk Owls, as the Canada owl; snowy owl of Orkney 
and North America. 
Cases 32, 33. Eagle Owls, as the scops-eared owl of Europe, &c.; 
ketupu owl of the Indian Archipelago; great-eared owd, from various 
parts of the Old World; and the Virginian eared owl, of North Ame¬ 
rica, &c. 
Case 34. Howlets: as the brown owl; long-eared owl of Europe 
and other parts of the world; barred owl of North America; little 
owd, and the Tengmalm’s owl of Northern Europe. 
Case 35. The true Owds, as the barn white owl of various parts of 
the w 7 ond, and the bay owl of Java. 
Wall Cases 36—83. The Perching Birds. 
These are divided into five divisions, each of wdiich embraces several 
families. 
Wall Cases 38—42. The Wide-gaped Perching Birds. 
Cases 36, 37. The Goat-suckers, which are solitary birds, living 
on moths, &c.; as the Trinidad goatsucker, or fat bird; New Holland 
goatsucker; wedge-tailed goatsucker; great goatsucker; Carolina goat¬ 
sucker of North America; Leona goatsucker of Africa; and European 
goatsucker. 
Case 38. The Swallows and Swifts, as the common swift of 
Europe; aculeated swallow of North America; esculent swallow of 
the Indian Isles; chimney sw r allow, sand martin, and martin swallow, 
of Europe, &c. 
Case 39. The Todies, Rollers, Broad-bills, and Motmots, which 
live on insects, berries, &c., as the garrulous roller of Europe ; Abys¬ 
sinian roller; green tody of the West Indies; Javan tody; Brazilian 
motmot, &c. 
Case 40. The Curucuis: they live in low damp woods in the tro¬ 
pical parts of America and Asia, and feed on insects and berries ; as the 
red-bellied curucui of South America; Narina curucui of Africa, &c. 
Cases 41, 42. The Kingfishers: they are generally of a bril¬ 
liant colour, and live on fish, which they catch by diving, also on 
Crustacea and insects; as the spotted-bellied barbet, and great pied 
barbet, of South America; great brown kingfisher, of Australia; ter- 
nate kingfisher of the Philippine Islands; and common kingfisher of 
