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the Trichéchus. It comprises, besides, the animals of the 
fourth order of Cuvier, or the Marsupia. 
Order 4. Girres; from the Latin gl’s,adormouse. Two 
incisive teeth in each jaw; nocanine teeth. This order is the 
same as the fifth, or Rongeurs of Cuvier. 
Order 5. PE’cora; from the Latin pecus, cattle. This or- 
der corresponds with the Ruminantes of Cuvier. No incisive 
teeth in the upper jaw. 
Order 6. Be'ttux, from the Latin bellua, a great beast. 
Obtuse incisive teeth in each jaw. ‘This order corresponds 
with the Pachydérmes of Cuvier. 
Order 7. Ce‘re. The same as the ninth order of Cuvier. 
If we regard those systems of classification as the most per- 
fect in which objects are grouped together according to their 
most essential characters and resemblances, we must admit 
that the Cuvierian arrangement is a great improvement of the 
Linnean in the first four orders; but the infinite variety of 
nature cannot be strictly comprised in any general system ; 
and we shall have to notice, as we proceed, that some of the 
genera or species in several of the orders approach so near 
those in other orders, as to render it doubtful where they 
should be placed. ‘The next essay will contain the whole of 
Cuvier’s interesting description of the first order — Man. 
B. 
Art. V. Description of the Great Bustard of India, with Notices 
of some other Indian Bustards. By A Supscriper. 
Sir, 
From there being no mention made of the Great Bustard 
of India in part xxi. of Griffith’s Animal Kingdom, just 
published, which professes to notice “all the species hitherto 
named,” I am inclined to believe it little known to European 
naturalists ; a description of it may, therefore, be acceptable 
to your readers. 
Length from bill to tail, 3 ft. 9in.; height, 4 ft. 3 in. ; 
breadth, 8 ft. 2 in.; weight, about 30 lbs. Bill 2? in. long, 
straight, carinated, depressed at the base, entire and bending 
near the tip, the ridge generally blackish, the rest greenish 
horn colour ; nostrils elongated, almost 1 in. in length, parallel 
to the sides of the bill, and partly covered by a vaulted mem- 
brane; the whole bill exactly resembling that of the florican 
of India, and much more slender and less arched than that of 
the O'tis tarda in Edw. Pl. 73, 74. The iris, orange ; crown, 
black ; the feathers rather long and loose; a bare skin, of a 
greenish colour, extends from the angle. of the mouth back- 
