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5. Columbae, long wings, slender 

 legs, perching feet 



' i. Pigeon, Ectopistes 



2. Rock-dove, Columba 



3. Mourning dove, Zneaida 



4. Dodo, Didus 



6. Rasores, stout "beak, legs and 

 claws, scratchers 



1. Fowl, Callus 



2. Prairie-hen, Tympanuchus 



3. Sage-cock, Centrocercus 



4. Quail, Colinus 



5. Golden pheasant, Thaumalia 



6. Peacock, Pavo 



7. Guinea-hen, Numida 

 . 8. Turkey, Meleagris 



7. Grallatores, long bill neck and legs, waders 



1. Cranes, Grus 



2. Snipes, Scolopax 



3. Storks, Ciconia 



4. Bittern, Botaurus 



5. Plovers, sEgialites 



8. Lamellirostres, long, flat soft 

 bill, webbed feet 



1. Flamingo, Ph&nicopterus 



2. Coot, Fulica 



3. Water-hen, Galinula 



4. Ducks, Anos 



5. Geese, Anser 



6. Swans, Cygnus 



9. Totipalmates, long, curved beaks, 

 webbed feet, carnivorous 



10. Longipennes, long, pointed 

 wings, flyers, carnivorous 



II. Pygopodes, legs far back, short 

 wings, divers 



12. Cursores, rudimentary wings, 

 stout legs, runners 



1. Cormorants, Graculus 



2. Pelicans, Pelicanus 



3. Gannet, Sula 



1. Gulls, Larus 



2. Terns, Sterna 



3. Albatross, Diomedea 



4. Petrels, Ossijraga 



11. Penguins, Aptenodytes 

 2. Auks, A lea 

 3. Loons, Colymbus 

 4. Grebes, Podicipes 



' i. Ostrich, Rhea 



2. Cassowary, Casuarius 



3. Emu, Dromaus 



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