. The world's birds a simple and popular classification of the birds of the world . s, but olive aboveand faint yellow below. The Oven-Bird (Seiurus aiiricapillus), not to be con-fused with the true Oven-Bird of South America, muchresembles a small Song-thrush, with a rusty crownand black eyebrows. These two last species walk instead of hopping. All the above birds but the Black-and-white Creeperhave been exhibited in the London Zoological Gardens,where they arrived by exchange with those of NewYork. The Ant-birds (FormicariincB) of South America donot appear to restrict themselves specially t
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. The world's birds a simple and popular classification of the birds of the world . s, but olive aboveand faint yellow below. The Oven-Bird (Seiurus aiiricapillus), not to be con-fused with the true Oven-Bird of South America, muchresembles a small Song-thrush, with a rusty crownand black eyebrows. These two last species walk instead of hopping. All the above birds but the Black-and-white Creeperhave been exhibited in the London Zoological Gardens,where they arrived by exchange with those of NewYork. The Ant-birds (FormicariincB) of South America donot appear to restrict themselves specially to a diet ofants, although undoubtedly insectivorous. In generalhabits they seem to approach the Babblers of the OldWorld, as well as in form, but may be distinguished bythe separate scaling of the back of the shank, theBabblers having this covered by a continuous platein the usual way. They build open nests, and are evenless melodious than the Babblers ; their beak is usuallystouter and more hooked than in those birds, and theirplumage commonly barred across with light and dark.. 3) w (A Pi C• »> f/i