so  THE'NATURAL HISTORY 








God is very wife, and very good; for ever 
creature he has made was made for fome goo 
purpofe ; and he has given to each the power @ 
taking care for itfelf. 

©; Be DD Se. thd eae 
GENUS 5. PPT A C'U 8. 
Pie RRO ES 
Have hooked beaks, the upper mandible is moveable, 
and furnifked with a cere in fome fpecies. 
The tongue 1s flefhy and obtufe (that is blunt); and al 
divided. The head is large, and the crown flat. : 
Two of its toes are placed before, and two behind; an 
its legs are fhort. 
HE fituation of the toes in the Parrots, twe 
being placed before, and two behind, make 
them very ufeful in climbing trees ; and they have 
the power of turning one of the hind toes be- 
fore, which they do when they take any thing 
in their claws to eat, ftanding all that time on the 
other foot. 
As Parrots cannot hop from tree to tree, they 
ufe both their beaks and their claws in climbing ; 
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