VI. Tetrao, Lin. . i 



CLASS II. AVES. XXI 



ORDER IV. — Gallinacea {continued). 



Genus. Subgenus. Example of Sj^ecies. 



(\. Tetrao, propo Lath..T. tetrix, L. Black grotis 



2. Lagopus, L Tet. lagopus, L. Ptarmigan 



3. Pterocles, rm. ..-C^"'- ^^'=^^^^' ^- ^»'-^««'^e^ 

 t. grous 



4. Francolinus, Tem..i'^^^- ffnjolin"s. L- Francolin 

 ( partridge 



5. Perdix, prop {'^%dT^'''' ^' ^°'"'"°'' P""""' 



6. Coturnix, Tet. coturnix, L. Quail 



7. Colinus / '^^'- California, Lath. Call- 



( jornian quail 



VII. TridaCylus, ( 1. c.ygis, /«i, { "'^^^Sr,»«'r"" ^''"'■ 



Lttcif.... \^ Syrrhaptes./Sfc..!''"-!;™''"""™'''''"- ■"""• 

 TTTTTT'' (. rocltte grous 



VllJ. imamus, | ] . Pezus, 6)jzj; Tet. major, Gm. 



Lath N 2. Tinamus, Spix . . , . T. inambui, Azz. 



V3. Rliyncotus, Spix..,,T. rufescens, Tem. 

 rl. Columbo-gallina, f C. carunculata, Tem. Carun- 



\ Vaill \ culated pigeon 



IX. Columba,Lk.<2. Co\^^h^,^^J^<^^■^^c,,^,,,,,^l^_ Turtle-dove 



'3. Virago, C«^ -f^°^- Australis, Lath. Ma^a- 



° (_ gascar pigeon 



ORDER v.— Orally. 



These are generally long-legged wading birds, for the most part 

 living in the vicinity of water, if we except the ostrich and casso- 

 wary, which indeed did not originally belong to this order, as esta- 

 blished by Linnaeus. Cuvier divides the entire order into five 

 families, which we shall indicate by braces, and three distinct ge- 

 nera, which cannot well be reduced to any of the five families, and 

 which he seems to think may almost be looked on as constituting 

 little families in themselves. The families he has named are, 1. 

 Brevipennes, containing genera i. and ii. ; 2. Pressirostres, contain- 

 ing genera iii — viii. ; 3. Cultrirostres, containing genera ix — xviii. ; 

 4. Longirostres, containing genera xix. and xx. ; and, 5. Macro- 

 dactyli, containing genera xxi — xxiv. ; after which come the three 

 detached and concluding genera. 



Genus. Example of Species. 



i • /- 



> M 1 I. Struthio, L S. camehis, L. the Ostrich 



^l';iTT rnqmnns Rr/f? f Struth. casuaiius, L. the C«s- 



Pq ^ J 11. L-asuarms, huss | ^^^^^^ 



