The two next cases (56, 57) contain the Flycatchers, which catch insects on the wing.  The varieties to be seen here include the South American pikas and shrikes, with their gay plumage.  These shrikes[2]—­better known as butcher-birds—­are so called from the cruelty with which they treat their prey.  In the second case of flycatchers are grouped the true flycatchers, which are mostly from the old world; those from America being the solitary flycatcher, the black-headed flycatcher, the king and broad-billed tody, and the white-eared thrush.  In the two next cases (58, 59) are the families of the Chatterers, with their resplendent plumage.  In the first case, are groups of the Asiatic and American thick-heads, and the gorgeous little Manakins of South America and Australia.  They are called after their colours, as the speckled manakin, the white-capped South American manakin, the purple-breasted, variegated, purple-throated, and rock manakins.  Next to the manakins, are the Indian, African, and American caterpillar eaters; the Malabar and African shrikes; and in the two last cases of the tooth-beaked group, are placed the true butcher-birds and bush shrikes.

The next group of perching birds are the cone-beaked.  This group includes the large family of the Crows to which the birds of paradise of New Guinea are allied; that of the Finches, with their relations from every clime; and the Hornbills, remarkable for the size and strength of their bills.  The first two cases (62, 63) devoted to this group, contain the varieties of the Crow family.  Here the visitor should notice the finely-marked jays from various parts of the world; the noisy and piping rollers of Australia and New Guinea; the crows, rooks, and jackdaws from various parts of Europe; the New Zealand wattle bird; the African changeable crow; and the rufous crow of India.  The next case (64) is bright with the gleaming plumage of the New Guinea crows, or birds of paradise; and here, too, are the curious grakles—­the foetid and the bare-necked from South America; and the Alpine and red-legged crows, or choughs, of elevated lands.  Next in succession is a case (65) in which are grouped the shining thrushes of Australia, Asia, and Africa, which include the ingenious and tasteful satin bower birds, that form decorated bowers of twigs and shells to sport in; and here amid the grakles of the Indian Archipelago will be found those curious birds, that gather their sustenance from insect larvas which secrete in the coarse skin of the rhinoceros:  these birds are known under the name of African beef-eaters.  The Starlings, which are also of the crow family, are grouped in the case (66) next to that in which the visitor found the beef-eaters and shining thrushes.  They resemble the beef-eaters closely in their mode of life, like them deriving their food from the insect life that congregates upon various kinds of cattle.  Starlings are found in all the quarters of the globe, and present many varieties, as the observer of the