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winged Pigeons of Australia ; and a Pigeon which has a red spot on 
the breast, as if it had been shot there with an arrow, and the blood 
had oozed out. Unlike the other Gallinacese, the Pigeons when 
hatched are bare, and require to be fed by their parents. 
Cases 89, 90. The Curassows of South America, some of them 
with curious crests and knobs on their beak. 
Cases 91-93. The Peacocks and Argus Pheasants of Asia and its 
islands ; the rare Crossoptilon from Thibet, and the many-spurred 
Polyplectrons, with, their fine eye-like spots. Cases 94, 95. The 
Pheasants : the most conspicuous are Lady Amherst's Pheasant from 
Thibet, the long-tailed Eeeves's Pheasant from China. Cases 96-99. 
The Wild Fowls, which are inhabitants of the Asiatic jungles and 
woods ; the Fire-backed Pheasant, and the Horned Pheasants of North 
India, with their fine painted faces. Cases 99, 100. Turkeys and 
Guinea-fowl ; the most conspicuous is the Ocellated Turkey of Hon- 
duras. Case 100. The Monaul, or Impeyan Pheasants, found on the 
high mountains of India, where they live on bulbous roots, which they 
dig up with their large beaks. Cases 101-103. The Partridges and 
Quails ; among the most curious are the Californian and Crested 
Quails ; some of these are found in large flocks, they subsist on seeds 
chiefly. Cases 104, 105. The Grouse are amongst the most fa- 
vourite birds of game : some inhabiting snowy regions, change their 
plumage in autumn to snow-white. Case 105. The Sandgrouse, with 
their ochrey plumage, inhabit the deserts of the Old World. Case 106. 
Sheathbills and Tinamous of the New World. The Megapodius group 
make large mounds, in which they deposit their eggs. The Brush 
Turkey of Australia also makes large mounds of decaying vegetable 
:substances, in the midst of which its eggs are hatched. 
Cases 107-134. The Wading Birds, generally provided with long 
legs. Cases 107-109. The Ostrich, Emeus, and Cassowaries, the 
largest of recent birds, incapable of flight, but noted for their powers 
in running. In Case 108 are specimens of the Apteryx, wingless 
birds of New Zealand, sleeping during the day, and feeding at night on 
worms and insects. The remains of the bird called the Dodo, which 
has been long extinct : the foot in the Case belonged to a specimen 
in Tradescant's Museum at Oxford ; the painting is said to have been 
made from a living bird, brought from St. Maurice's Island. Cast of 
the egg of the J5pyornis maximus, a gigantic bird, at one time a native 
of Madagascar. Cases 110, 111, 112. The Bustards and Coursers, 
quick running birds, inhabitants of the barren parts of Europe, 
Africa, Asia, and Australia, where they feed on grain, herbage, worms, 
and insects, Cases 113, 114. The Plovers, Turnstones, and Oyster- 
catchers ; the last are so named from their opening bivalve shells, with 
their bills, to feed on the contents. Case 114. The Trumpeters of 
South America ; one of these is employed to guard poultry from the at- 
tacks of hawks. Cases 115-117. The Cranes, found on the borders of 
rivers and marshes, feeding on fish and frogs ; some of them famed 
for the regularity of their migrations ; the fine-crested Egrets, with 
