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83 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
- There are two kinds of birds that are called 
Humming Birds; but they differ in this, the beak 
of the real Humming Bird is ftrait, that of the 
Colibri, or the fecond kind, a little crooked, and 
its body more taper, 
All the birds we have been reading of, fince 
the Butcher Bird, that is to fay, the Parrots, the 
. Toucan, the Indian Raven, the Beef-eater, the 
Ani, the Corvi, fuch as the Raven, ‘Crow, . 
Rook, Royfton Crow, Jackdaw, Jay, Magpie, 
Nutcracker, and Cornith Chough. The’Roller, 
_ the Oriolus, the Grakle, the Bird of Paradife, 
the Curucui, the Cuckoo, the Wryneck, | the 
Woodpecker, the Nuthatch, the Tody, the 
King Fifher, the Bee eater, the Hoppoe, the 
Creeper, and the Humming Bird. Thefe are 
all of the Pie kind, becaufe their beaks are com- 
prefled and convex on the back, like a wedge, - 
and as if intended for cleaving. : 
Their legs fhort, and rather ftrong. . 
Their flefh tough, and not good for food. 
They feed on berries, infects, and carrion, and 
a variety of things. 
_ They make their nefts chiefly in trees, the male _ 
bird feeding the female whilft the fits. 
They pair. vi 
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