RASORES, 



OR 



GALLINACEOUS BIRDS. 



THE British Rasores are, as we have stated, so 

 few in number, that we shall not here attempt to 

 lead any chain of affinities between their various 

 families ; and we shall at once pass to those of 

 which we possess some examples. The first, or 

 the pigeons, 



COLUMBID^E, 



lead us from the true Incessores to an order of 

 birds, which, in their greatest proportions, seek 

 their food upon the ground, and subsist on grains 

 or seeds, roots, and occasionally fruits. The true 

 pigeons, although they are as much incessorial 

 as the typical perchers, have, at the same time, 

 their feet formed for walking, and exhibit no 

 awkwardness when in quest of their food, which, 

 with little exception, is procured upon the ground. 



