. Birds: the elements of ornithology . The Madras Bulbul {Pi/cnonotus in this family-group, and they are peculiar to the Indian andAfrican regions. The Barred Woodhewer (Dendrocolaptes radiolatus) may betaken as the type of a large family-group of exclusively TropicalAmerican Birds, numbering some two hundred and seventy-two ii8 ELEMENTS OF OENITHOIOGY. species. They are climbing birds, and many of them havemuch the appearance of Creepers. A very handsome speciesis Bridgess Woodhewer {Drymornis hridgesi). The Oven-bird (Farnarius albogularis, fig. 129), which is saidto burrow in the ground, is

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. Birds: the elements of ornithology . The Madras Bulbul {Pi/cnonotus in this family-group, and they are peculiar to the Indian andAfrican regions. The Barred Woodhewer (Dendrocolaptes radiolatus) may betaken as the type of a large family-group of exclusively TropicalAmerican Birds, numbering some two hundred and seventy-two ii8 ELEMENTS OF OENITHOIOGY. species. They are climbing birds, and many of them havemuch the appearance of Creepers. A very handsome speciesis Bridgess Woodhewer {Drymornis hridgesi). The Oven-bird (Farnarius albogularis, fig. 129), which is saidto burrow in the ground, is another example of a special sectionof the group. Fig. 127.

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