1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
SUGAR-BIRD, the English name commonly given in the West India Islands to the various members of the genus Certhiola, (belonging to the Passerine family Coerebidae1) for their habit of frequenting the curing-houses where sugar is kept, apparently attracted thither by the swarms of flies. They often come into dwelling-houses, hopping from one piece of furniture to another and carefully exploring the surrounding objects with intent to find a spider or insect. In their figure and motions they remind a northern naturali…
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