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Order GALLING. 
The order Galling contains such birds as the Domestic 
Poultry, Peacocks, Turkeys, Guinea-fowl, Partridges, Quails, 
Grouse ; in fact, nearly all the birds which are most useful 
to man. They are, generally speaking, heavy birds, with 
no great power of wing, and are nearly all scrapers of the 
ground with their strong feet. Prom this habit the name 
Basores, or Easorial birds, has been applied to the order. 
The birds of this order seldom construct a nest, generally 
laying their eggs, which are numerous, in a hole scratched in 
the ground. The males of most of them are very pugna- 
cious, and are often armed with spurs on their tarsi, which 
they use as weapons. 
The feathers of the Gallinm are generally strong and 
highly polished. Our space only allows us to treat briefly 
a few^ particulars of the habits of some species of the diffe- 
rent families ; we refer the reader to a valuable work on 
^ Poultry,^ by the Eev. E. Dixon, in which there is much in- 
formation about them. 
Dr. Kaup thus sums up the character of the gallinaceous 
