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P. 4. CASUARlfDAE (1), CASSOWARY, 17 sp. A. 
F. 5. Apterygidae, Apteryx, Kiwi, 6 sp. A. (N.Z.). 
F. 6. Tinamidae, Tinamoiis, 69 sp. Nl. 
Sub-Class II.— Neognathae. 
Carinatae, minus Tinamidae. 
ORDER II. — GALiIiIFOR>IES. 
F. 7. MEGAPODIIDAE (4), Mound-Builders, Scrub-Fowl, 
Brush Turkey, Megapode, 28 sp.— 27(25) A., 
3(1)0. 
1 2*Mallee-Fo\vl, Lowan, Native Pheasant, Pheasant (e), 
1 Leipoa ocellata, N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A. 
Stat. r. mallee scrubs 24 
Like a small turkey; neck light fawn-gray; back, wings 
spotted white, black, brown; f., smaller. Seeds, ants. 
F. 8. Cracidae, Curassows, Guans, 59 sp. — l(0)Nc., 59(58)N1. 
F. 9. Tetraonidae, Grouse, Capercailly, Ptarmigan, Pralrie- 
Fowl, 45 sp.— 1(0)0., 19(16)P., 28(26)Nc. 
F. 10. PHASIANIDAE (6), Pheasants, Partridges, Peafowl, 
Domestic Fowls, 242 sp.— 12 (10) A., 137(119)0., 
47(31)P., 64(58)E. 
1 3*Stiibble Quail (Pectoral) , Coturnix pectoralis, A., T. =vt. 
6 Eur. Quail. Nom. c. stubhle, grass 6.7 
Brown lined white, black; throat dull reddish; breast 
streaked black; f., less distinctly marked with black. 
Weed-seeds, insects. Rises with a burr-r-r. 
3 4*Brown Quail (Swamp, Partridge), Synoicus australis, 
7 N.G., A., T. =vt. Eur. Partridge. Nom. c. grassy flats 6.5 
Upper finely-barred gray, black, chestnut; under buffy-gray 
with zigzag black bars; bill blue, tipped black; eyes 
orange; f., sim. Seeds, insects. "Bee'e quick." 
5 Tasmanian Quail (Silver, Greater-Brown), S. diemenensis, 
v., T. Like 4, but larger. Nom. r. occ. thick grass 8.5 
the sake of gain. Even collectors, who, under the guise of 
scientific work, collect eggs, and kill birds to trade in their skins, 
should be supervized. 
Let us now consider the different groups of birds. Living 
birds were formerly divided into two sub-classes — (1) Ratitae 
(Lat., ratis, a raft), and (2) Carinatae (Lat., carina, a keel). 
The first is the small group of flightless, running birds, made up 
of five living birds, all inhabiting southern lands. These are 
the Emu and Cassowary of Australia, the Ostrich of South Africa, 
the Rhea or South American Ostrich, and the Kiwi or Apteryx of 
New Zealand. Taken together with other evidence, all pointing 
in the same way, these birds have led scientists to think of a 
great southern land mass connecting the southern lands, for the 
Emu did not fly here, nor did the Rhea fly to South America, but 
they must have reached their present home by a land-bridge not 
necessarily complete at any one time. As these birds do not fly, 
they have no big wing-muscles, and so do not need the ridge 
