CLOVEN-FOOTED WATER-FOWL. 
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CHAP. XXYII. 
Of water-fowl with cloven feet- — The Spoon-bill — The. Heron 
~~7/<e Bittern — The Crane — The Egret — The Stork — The 
Balearic Crane — The. Gif/antic Crane — The Demoiselle, or 
Buffoon Bird — The Ibis — The Bay and Egyptian Ibis — The 
Curlew — The Snipe — The Woodcock — The Goclwit — The 
Crecnshmtk — The Redshank — The Jack Snipe — The Sand- 
piper— The Lapwing— The Ru ff— The Knot— The Pune— The 
Turnstone— The Dunlin — The Plover — The Golden and Long- 
logged Plovers — The Dotterel — The Sanderling — The Ringed 
Plover — The Oyster Catcher — The Pratincole — The. 
Kail —The Gallinule— The Crake— The Water Hen— The 
Spotted and Purple Gallinule — The. Jabiru — The Screamer 
' The Boatbill — The Umbre — The Jacana — The Sheath- 
J i] LL — Water-fowl, with pinnated Feet — The Piialaropr — 
Grey and Red Phalarope — The Coote — The Grebe — The 
t ested, eared and red-necked Grebe. 
Cloven-footed Water- Fowl. 
T®® classification which has been adopted by Mr. Pennant, 
a nd the later naturalists, is peculiarly well calculated to 
| . e vent confusion in so numerous a list of genera and spe- 
ri‘, es as the description of water-fowl presents to our view. 
fe l ^y divide them into three orders, those with cloven 
or the crane kind, those with pinnated, or finned 
() eet ’ which are much less numerous than the preceding, 
"Ph . se with webbed feet, or the swan or duck kind. 
^ ® simplicity of this arrangement is a further recommen- 
cat'° n ’ nuc * with a * ew exceptions, it appears a classifi- 
“oh which completely separates animals that have scarcely 
Properties in common. If we except the flamingo, 
® a vosetta, and the courier, (which though they are 
all ,| 0tei ^ certainly partake of the nature of the crane,) 
Wad ir web-footed fowl are of a squat make, and of a 
he l- • ° S a ’b with their legs placed far behind, and their 
fcW S 111 S ene ral disproporiionably long. The make of the 
lieb ° r o^rweh-footed water-fowl, is, on the contrary, tall, 
g? ’ hnd, in general, of pleasing proportion. Those with 
lated * eet < ; 0nst ' ,ute > as it were, a middle race, being calcu- 
t Ur pth for swimming and wading, and partake of the na- 
a hd ° }° th - ^ le cl° ve n-footed lay their eggs on the ground, 
brake no ne3ts. Those with pinnated feet form large 
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