. A dictionary of birds . s character of all the toes beingordinarily directed forwards, though it is by no means the onlypeculiar character these birds possess. A few years later most ofDr. Muries views were confirmed by Garrod {Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876,pp. 416-419), who added considerably to our knowledge of thegeneral anatomy of the Family, which he considered to be relatedon the one hand to the Picidse (Woodpecker), and on the other to ^ Some other generic divisions have been suggested, but on grounds so slenderas hardly to merit consideration. MUGGY—MUNIA the Alcedinidx (Kingfisher), and Buc
. A dictionary of birds . s character of all the toes beingordinarily directed forwards, though it is by no means the onlypeculiar character these birds possess. A few years later most ofDr. Muries views were confirmed by Garrod {Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876,pp. 416-419), who added considerably to our knowledge of thegeneral anatomy of the Family, which he considered to be relatedon the one hand to the Picidse (Woodpecker), and on the other to ^ Some other generic divisions have been suggested, but on grounds so slenderas hardly to merit consideration. MUGGY—MUNIA the Alcedinidx (Kingfisher), and Bucerotidm (Hornbill). TheColiida3 are small birds, vnih a rather Finch-like bill, a more or lesscrested head, a very long tail, and are generally of a dun or slate-coloured plumage that sometimes brightens into blue or is pleasinglydiversified with white or chestnut. They feed almost Avholly onfruits, but occasionally take insects, in quest of which they pass inbands of fifteen or twenty from tree to tree, and hang in all. Mouse-bird. (Partly after Mitchell.) attitudes from the branches as they feed. It is even said that theysleep suspended by their powerful and versatile toes. Ten speciesare recognized by Dr. Sharpe (Cat B. Br. Mus. xvii. pp. 338-346,and 500), all belonging to the Ethiopian Region (of which theFamily is one of the most characteristic), and ranging fromAbyssinia southwards. Three species inhabit the Cape Colony. MUGGY, possibly cognate Avith the latter part of Grasmildce(Grass-Midge), the common German name of the Whitethroat,and allied birds; but perhaps only a corruption of Meggy. MULLET-HAWK, a name for the Osprey. MUMRUFFIN, said to be a local name of the Long-tailed Tit-mouse. MUNIA, the general name in many parts of India for severalkinds of small seed-eating birds, commonly placed in the Family 6o2 MURRE—MUSCULAR SYSTEM Ploceidm (Weaver-bird), which are distinguished for their famiHaritywith man, their gregarious habits, their depredations on the rice-
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