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IV. GKALLATOUES WADING BIRDS 367 



Meaning of the Scientific Term 367 



The Apteryx The Plover 368 



The Lapwing Crane Heron 369 



The Bittern Its Booming Its Haunts 370 



The Stork Ibis Woodcock 371 



Land and Water Rails -Water-hen Coot 372 



ORDER V. NATATORES SWIMMING BIRDS 372 



Flamingo Its Peculiarities 373 



Division of the Order into Five Families 374 



I. Anatida. The Family of the Duck 3 74 



Wild Geese The Bernicles and Brent Goose 374 



Wild Swans Mute Swan Black Swan Eider Duck 375 



II. ColymUda. The Family of the Divers 376 



III. Alcidce. The Family of the Puffins Penguins 377 



IV. Pelecanidae. The Family of the Pelicans 377 



Solan Goose Cormorant 378 



V. Laridce. The Family of the Gulls 378 



Terns or Sea Swallows 378 



Habits and Haunts of Sea -Gulls 379 



Petrels The Stormy Petrel 380 



Value of Petrels in some Localities 381 



Vast Multitudes off the Coast of Patagonia 382 



Birds now Extinct The Dodo 382 



Its Figure Unexpected Affinity to the Pigeons 382 



Gigantic Wingless Birds of New Zealand Dinornis 383 



Hypothesis suggested by their Size and Number 384 



CLASS IV. MAMMALIA QUADRUPEDS, &c. 



Meaning of the term Mammalia Circulation Respiration 385 



Covering Skeleton 387, 388 



Appendages of the Head Horns 390 



Tusks Whalebone 391 



Teeth Their Diversity in Number, Form, and Structure 392 



Dependence of one part of the Animal Frame on another . 393 



Classification of Mammalia in Eleven Orders 394 



ORDER I. MARSUPIATA POUCHED ANIMALS 397 



Meaning of the Term Animals included in the Order 397 



Geographical Distribution Peculiarities connected with the 



Young 398 



Number of Species Diversity of Size and Structure 399 



Ornithoryncus Kangaroos Opossums 400, 401 



