6 GARDEN AND AVIARY BIRDS 
They are, we may say, quite a different family altogether, 
and we give them a different family name, the Lories: 
(Loride). This, of course, means the family of Lorius, 
the native name Lori turned into Latin as the Romans 
would have 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 
Psittacide, together, and call the whole collection the 
order of Parrots (Psittact). 
Thus, a collection of similar individuals make a 
species ; collections of species, having a great dealin com- 
mon but differing in details, make a genus ; collections 
of genera bearing a certain resemblance, make a family ; 
and collections of families also agreeing in certain im- 
portant points, make an order. 
The various orders in conjunction with each other make- 
up the class 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 wiil be remembered also 
that reptiles, on their part, lay eggs like birds. 
I shall conclude this chapter with a list of works of 
reference for those who may wish to go further into 
the subject than I am here taking them. 
For the general subject of classification, anatomy, 
&c., the best books are Professor A. Newton’s Dic- 
tionary of Birds, and Mr. F. E. Beddard’s Structure: / 
and Classification of Birds 
