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wards, another group of Birds are to be met with, somewhat 

 like the Partridges in general aspect. These are the Tinamous, of 

 which there are some thirty-nine kinds, whereof the species called 

 Tinamus robustus (fig. 50) may be taken as a type. They are 

 creatures of singular stupidity, and they are ground-frequenting 



Kg. 48. 



The Bustard {Otis tarda). 



Birds like those last described. They merit, however, rery special 

 attention on account of their very peculiar internal organization, 

 as win be pointed out later on. 



A Bird which' at once arrests attention from a peculiar 

 external character is the Spoonbill (Flatalea leitcorodia), one of 



