116 NATURAL HISTORY, &C. 



Struthious family shew the very extreme form in the 

 wings and feet, running with prodigious swiftness, 

 and using their short wings only as an assisting power 

 in carrying them forward. None of them perch, and 

 they all feed and breed upon the ground. 



We devote the present little volume to the illus- 

 tration of the first or typical group, the Pavonidce, 

 and shall describe in detail the various members of 

 it, before noticing its peculiar characters, and the ar- 

 rangement of the genera.* The first we have to 

 notice is 



* The arrangement in the descriptive part of the volume 

 is not quite regular ; most of the plates were long ago num- 

 bered and printed, and it was found impossible to change 

 them. This will be corrected, however, in the synopsis, 

 and in the short summary which we propose to give in the 

 conclusion. 



