ORNITHOLOGY. 
NATURAL HISTORY 
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GALLINACEOUS BIRDS. 
This order contains a part of tlie feathered creation, 
which is by far the most useful in the domestic 
economy of man. The Jungle-cock, better known 
in its reclaimed state as the Barn-door Fowl, the 
Turkey, Peacock, and Guinea-fowl, the extensive 
race of Pigeons, and the various birds known as 
Game, all fall under it, and administer to his taste 
and wants ; and whether as wholesome and grate- 
ful articles of food, adornments to his abode, his 
dress, or draperies, or a solace to his body when 
weary, they are universally esteemed, and by almost 
all nations are reared and domesticated for their 
various uses. "W e propose, therefore, to devote more 
space to the history of these birds than might perhaps 
he the real proportion in the extent we had marked 
out in this work, and the present volume will be 
confined to a single family of this important group. 
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