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t. Pica or Pies, containing all the birds of 

 nd Jay kind, tin- Parrots, the Wood- 

 til.- Kingfishers, and a great variety of 

 r bird*. 



3. Passercs or Passerine birds, comprising 



I, tin- Thrushes, the Larks, and all 

 tin- I inches or small-birds in general, either with 

 thick *r slender bills 



4. Gallitue or Gallinaceous birds, or such as 

 are more or less allied to the common domestic 

 1 I, and consequently containing the Pheasant 

 and Partridge tribe, the Peacock, Turkey, and 

 a variety of other birds. 



5. Gratia or Waders, consisting of all the 

 Heron tribe, the Curlews, the Plovers, and other 

 numerous tribes which have lengthened legs and 

 chiefly frequent watery situations. 



6. The Anseres or Web-footed birds, as the 

 Swan, Goose, or Duck tribe, the Gulls, the Pen- 

 guins and many others. 



Out of these six Linncean Orders some or- 

 nithologists have instituted a few others, in or- 

 der to give a greater degree of clearness and j 

 cision to the arrangement of birds, but they 

 cannot be considered as absolutely necessary. 



LECT. 1. M 



