6 GARDEN AND AVIAUY r.lKDS. 



Tliov arc. wc may .say, quite a dillerent iainily altogether, 

 and we give them a dili'ereiit family name, the Loriea 

 {Loriid'f). This, ol course, means the family of Lurius. 

 the native name Lori tm-ned into Latin as the Komaiis 

 would lia\'e done it, if they had ever seen a Lory. 



But still the Lories are obviously Parrots of a sort, 

 and so we group their family, and the other family of 

 PaUUicid'f, together, and call the whole collection the 

 order of Parrots (Psittaci). 



Thus, a collection of similar individuals make a n'pccics ; 

 collections of species, having a great deal in common 

 but diliering in details, make a (jenuii ; collections of 

 genera bearing a certain resemblance, make a fafxili/ ; 

 and collections of families also agi'eeing in certain im- 

 portant points, make an order. 



. The various orders in conjunction with each other make 

 up the cla.sa of birds, which may be at once defined as 

 feathered animals, no other creature living or extinct 

 possessing feathers. A bony skeleton is shared by birds 

 with beasts, reptiles, and fishes, and in their general ana- 

 tomy they approach reptiles more closely than any other 

 class of backboned animals ; it will be remembered also 

 that reptiles, on their part, lay eggs like birds. 



1 shall conclude this chaptei" with a list of works ol 

 reference for those who may wish to go further into the 

 subject than 1 am here takhig them. 



For the general subject of classiiieation. anatomy; 

 etc., the best books are Professor A. Newtons Dictionanj 

 of Birds, and Mr. F. E. lU-cldard's tSfrucdnc atid Clasni- 

 jieativn of Birds. 



