BRITISH ANIMALS. 
Class II. BIRDS, 
Order I. FISSIPIDES. Land Birds. — Toes free, and 
formed for grasping or walking. 
Tribe I. TERRESTRES — Tibial joint feathered. 
Sect. I. Ambulatores. — Three toes directed anteally, and 
Jilted for walking or grasping 
r GALLINAD^ BiU arched 
from the base. Eggs nume- 
I. Nostrils hid under an 
a^hedcmermg. Wmgs s C0LUMBAD:E._BiU swollen 
at the base, nearly straight, 
and subulate towards the ex- 
tremity. 
ACCIPITRES.— BiU and claws 
strongly hooked. Limbs strong. 
Tongue emarginate. Females 
largest. 
PASSERES.-^BiU nearly 
straight in the gape. No cere. 
Males largest. 
Sect. II. Scansores — Two toes directed anteally, and ftted 
for climhing trees. 
Tribe II. ORALLY. Waders. — Lower end of the tibial 
joint and tarsus naked. 
Order II. PALMIPIDES. Water Birds. — Toes web- 
bed to their extremity, and formed for swimming. 
II. Nostrils exposed or hid 
only by feathers. 
