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The second, Phasianide, includes all the Peacocks, Pheasants’, 
Tragopans*, Turkeys, Fowls, and Guinea-fowls*. The third 
family, Tetraonide, takes its name from the Capercailzie, 
and also includes the Partridges and Quails, the Californian 
Quail*, and many others. The Curassows’ constitute the 
fourth family, Cracide, whilst the last family of Megapodide 
consists of the Mound-builders °, also called Megapodes and 
Brush-turkeys. 
The twelfth order, Limicoliformes, of 330 species, contains the 
suborders 1. Zimicole and 2. Gavi, which may be characterized 
thus :— 
Order XII. LIMICOLIFORMES. 
Young born covered with down and able to run ina few 
hours; palate schizognathous ; dorsal vertebre more or less 
opisthocceelous ;_ spinal feather-tract forked on the upper back ; 
nasals mostly schizorhinal, sometimes holorhinal ; fontanelles 
often present on the lateral occipital bones ; oil-gland tufted. 
Suborder 1. Limzcole. 
Basipterygoid processes present; dorsal vertebre always 
opisthoccelous. 
Suborder 2. Gavie. 
Basipterygoid processes absent ; dorsal vertebra more or less 
opisthoccelous. 
Tn this order there are four families, two to each suborder. 
The first family, Charadriide, receives its name from the 
Plovers7; but it also contains the Curlews*, the Woodcock, 
the Snipes and Stints, the Sandpipers, the Ruffs°, God- 
wits and Oyster-catchers°, the Stilts’ and Avocet’, the 
Crooked-bill Plover’’, the Thick-knees™, the Peewit, the 
Coursers '’, the Pratincole '’, that very curious bird the Sheath- 
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