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2. Piece or Pies, containing all the birds of 

 the Crow and Jay kind, the Parrots, the Wood- 

 peckers, the Kingfishers, and a great variety of 

 other birds. 



S. Passcres or Passerine birds, comprising 

 the Pigeons, the Thrushes, the Larks, and all 

 the Finches or small-birds in general, either with 

 thick or slender bills. 



4. Gallime or Gallinaceous birds, or such as 

 are more or less allied to the common domestic 

 Fowl, and consequently containing the Pheasant 

 and Partridge tribe, the Peacock, Turkey, and 

 a variety of other birds. 



5. Grallds or Waders, consisting of all the 

 Heron tribe, the Curlews, the Plovers, and other 

 numerous tribes which have lengthened legs and 

 chiefly frequent watery situations. 



6. The Anseres or Web-footed birds, as the 

 Swan, Goose, or Duck tribe, the Gulls, the Pen- 

 guins and many others. 



' Out of these six Linncean Orders some or- 

 nithologists have instituted a few others, in or- 

 der to give a greater degree of clearness and pre- 

 cision to the arrangement of birds, but they 

 €annot be considered as absolutely necessary, 



LECT. I. M 



