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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, &e. 
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 larvse 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 Celeince , which feed chiefly on insects and ants; as 
the green woodpecker of Europe and England; yellow 7 -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 wrvnechs are inhabitants of Europe, India, and 
Africa, feeding chiefly on ants, which they secure by means of their 
long tongue; as the w T ryneck of Europe, also found in England. 
Cases 81—83. The Cuckow r s, which are migratory birds, and are 
divided into several divisions : viz. 
Case 81. The Honey Cuckow T s 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 
euckow 7 s are peculiar to South America, where they live on snakes, 
fruits and insects, which 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 w r orld, 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, 
&c., 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 
