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noted, in sequence thereto, the Pheasants, Peacocks, Guinea- 
fowls, Turkeys, Curassows, Brush-turkeys, Grouse, and Par- 
tridges. These Birds have been regarded as really alike by 
earlier and later Ornithologists, and we may find it convenient 
to refer to them sometimes as Fowl-like or Gallinaceous Birds, 
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The Emeu (Dromeus nove-hollandie). 
and, from their habits, as ‘“ Scratchers,’ while Pigeons have 
been spoken of as ‘‘ Cooers.” 
The Duck and Geese led us to Grebes, Divers, Puffins, 
Guillemots, Auks, Penguins, Cormorants, Gannets, Pelicans, 
Gulls, Terns, Skimmers, and Petrels, the superficial resem- 
blances between which haye caused them, before their anatomy 
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