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remarkable for having two excessively long naked 

 shafts, springing from the upper part of the 

 shoulders, in the middle of the smaller covert- 

 feathers : these naked shafts far exceed the length 

 of the whole bird, and are dilated at the tip into 

 a very large oval web or plumed part. This spe- 

 cies, which in colour pretty nearly resembles the 

 European species, is known by the name of the 

 Caprimulgus longipennis or long shafted Goat- 

 sucker, and may be considered as one of the most 

 remarkable of the whole feathered tribe. 



The Ordei' Galling, to which we shall now 

 turn our attention, contains the Gallinaceous birds, 

 meaning such as are allied in habit or general ap- 

 pearance, as well as in their mode of life, to the 

 common domestic fowl. This order comprises 

 the Cock or Pheasant tribe, the Turkey, the Par- 

 tridges and Quails, and several other birds of a 

 similar nature. The birds of this tribe have, in 

 general, heavy bodies, short wings, very convex, 

 strong, and rather short bills, the upper mandible 

 closing or shutting over the edges of the lower : 

 they have strong legs, and the toes are usually 

 connected at the base by a strong membrane, 

 reaching as far as the first joint, and they are fur- 



