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v 
RASORES, 
OR 
GALLINACEOUS BIRDS. 
The British Rasores are, as we have stated, so 
few in number, that we shall not here attempt to 
lead any chain of affinities between their various 
families ; and we shall at once pass to those of 
which we possess some examples. The first, or 
the pigeons, 
COLUMBIDj'E, 
lead us from the true Incessores to an order of 
birds, which, in their greatest proportions, seek 
their food upon the ground, and subsist on grains 
or seeds, roots, and occasionally fruits. The true 
pigeons, although they are as much incessorial 
as the typical perchers, have, at the same time, 
their feet formed for walking, and exhibit no 
awkwardness when in quest of their food, which, 
with little exception, is procured upon the ground. 
