PFIEA.SA.XTS FOB COVERTS AXD AVIARIES. 



that tlie CDmiucin i-mn'-neek does to tlie ]iiifo Ijloodcd 

 Cdiniesc spfcics. 



Tlu' vignette at tlie end of this eliajiter reprooiits the 

 head of :i, partridge with a perfectly Conned claw growing 

 from tlie loose skin in the centre of the lower jaw ; owing to 

 the kindness of i\lr. A. H. Stokes-Tidljerts I had the oppor- 

 tnnitv <if examining the bird shiirt]\" aftiM- it had been shut. 



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