the bustard. 
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CHAP. II. 
° f -lS ° r P S- ltry 0rder -^ Bustard 
Rha ad-lt <W k toHC Birds ~^ Hoohara. and the 
The Guntv ^t )lJRKEY - The homed Turkey— 
Gro vs-rlcT\ld a, i 5° r w 1 } irk i es ~ The Pintado- TA e 
— 7% e Ha-el Cr \ " t! 6 ^n° od ~, Tlie Black an d Red Grous 
-The Ruffed clZT ^ £ mtalled Grous-The Ptarmigan 
Golden Arm ™- T/ * e Peacock -T he Pheasant — The 
HAS sow' r ’/ Su ?. er }’ m d Im P e >nm Pheasant— The Cu- 
^e QuaU-G **™*™**- The Franeolin- 
Wp,L os St T/ Q T l> Sf n~ The Colu ” lb ™e Order— The 
TurUenZ? J Dove ~ Tke Pigoon-The 
The Gallinaceous (or Poultry) Order. 
I T l? b :r, S tha l this order of birds » the very opposite of 
without “ Ch '!f h r e f° Iatel y been describing. They are 
there is Soffi, » ■ ? Us ° f the ra P acio - kind? hut 
they materiallv diffi^Tn^d 0 stlll . raore importance in which 
flesh, the digestion is l ie ra pacious order, which feed upon 
stomach ft 15 , Carried ™ b y raeans of a liquid in the 
chief^ |I 1SS ?,| ves . the f°. od - In this, which feeds 
which o-rinds and red, i the principal instrument 
®iBivelyJro»ed the ^ to a P ul P- This is de- 
inclosed P in I t,,E y ea sy experiment. If a grain of corn be 
to resist th P * ° r a # ? be of metal which is strong enough 
body ofthel 0t the P zard > h will pass though the 
altered for anv of ^g ™ 11 1 httl e celled, but completely un- 
Thp R t y f e P L ur P° ses of digestion or nourishment 
Europe it ITonV^ land - bird that is a n "the of 
sent - but til ! uuc i h raore numerous than it is at nre- 
tremedd f th « try, and thJS- 
that a time mav come wl,’ S reat ly thinned the species ; so 
so large a birdl-v dr i 611 U may be dou bted whether ever 
brfo^SCarf^Sy ; 8 US { Tt iS probable that long 
peculiar mannt , h ? ve been extirpated, but for its 
-tensive ^ the open and 
CT vUai der ■» «n .;t‘Sit 0 ” d “ ce ’ anJ " he ™ 
