Bill long and coniform; eat grains, beetles and flesh, and pass gradually over into the Rapaces.
Fam. 6. Kracken-Vögel, Parrots.
Bill very thick and curved. The food consists of grains and fruits. Their spiritual energies or capacities are also more strongly developed.
Order 3. Ancyliozooid Birds—Dentirostres.
3556. Bill with a notch; food consists of worms and flesh.
Fam. 7. Worm-Birds, Cantores or Songsters.
Bill tolerably long and straight; eat worms and berries.
Fam. 8. Crustacean Birds, Fly-catchers.
Bill straight, with sharp edges superiorly, point de-curved or bent downwards. Their aliment consists of insects, which they mostly snap at during flight—Fly-catchers, Shrikes, Swallows.
Fam. 9. Ptilotoid Birds—Rapaces.