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scholtx make a jj^enus, — Tinochorm, wliich ap> 
proaches near to ihis, and k abo a native of Soutit 
America ; but from want of materiaU» it can only Ix? 
now indicated. 
Wium tfiese are better known, we have no dt ubt 
of tbeir pro^ng very interesting- forma, and filling up 
ftome blank in the present family of birda. We a\\ 
now proreeil to a small group > belter, thoug)) . nt 
invperfectly, kno\vn» the American Quails, indiulfd 
under the genus Orti/x* Tbe first we ^hall ngiite 
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