INTRODUCTION. 49 
wards, another group of Birds are to be met with, somewhat 
like the Partridges in general aspect. These are the Tinamous, of 
which there are some thirty-nine kinds, whereof the species called 
Tinamus robustus (fig. 50) may be taken as a type. They are 
creatures of singular stupidity, and they are ground-frequenting 

The Bustard (Otis tarda). 
Birds like those last described. They merit, however, very special 
attention on account of their very peculiar internal organization, 
as will be pointed out later on. 
A Bird which’ at once arrests attention from a peculiar 
external character is the Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), one of 
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