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ORDER 5. Grall^. Linnceus. 
Family 1 . Pressirostres. Cuvier. 
GENUS 1 . Otis.* Linnceus. 
Sp. 1. O. Tarda. Linnceus. 
Syn. Otis Tarda, Lath. Gmel. Ray , Will. Briss. Outarde Barbue, 
Temm. L’Outarde, Buff. Great Bustard, English Authors. 
Sp. 2. O. Tetrax. Linnceus. 
Syn. Otis Tetrax, Gmel. Lath. Shaw. 0. Minor, Ray, Bliss. Will. 
Outarde Cannepetiere, Temm. La Petite Outarde ou Can- 
nepetiere, Buff. Cuv. Little Bustard, English Authors. 
GENUS 2. Charadrius. Linnceus. 
SUB GENUS 1 . CEdicnemus. Temminck. 
Sp. 1. (E. Crepitans. Temminck. 
Syn. CEdicnemus Crepitans, Shaw. Charadrius CEdicnemus, Linn. 
Gmel. Otis CEdicnemus, Lath. Pluvialis Major, Ray, Will. 
CEdicneme Oriard, Temm. Le Grand Pluvier ou Courlis de 
Terre, Buff. Thick-kneed Bustard, Lath. Mont. Penn. 
Great Plover, Bewick. 
* This part of Cuvier’s arrangement appears to be any thing but natural. The 
Bustards ought certainly to be among the gallinaceous birds, instead of being separated 
from them by the Pigeons ; or, rather, the Pigeons ought not to have been placed between 
the gallinaceous birds and the Bustards. 
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