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when full grown, is by far the largest of all the 
heron tribe; the tiger-bittern, an elegant South 
American species; the horned screamer from 
South America; the rose coloured spoonbill, and 
the scarlet ibis, both from South America. 
The fifth Linnasan order consists of the Gal¬ 
ling, comprehending such fsirds as Eire more or 
less allied to the common fowl. It consequently 
contains the pheasant and partridge tribe, the 
curasso, &c. In this division the principal spe¬ 
cimens are the argus pheasant, from Sumatra ; the 
black or crested Curasso bird; the great woo'd- 
grous or urogallus ; and the crested Californian 
quail. 
The sixth and last Linnaean order of birds con¬ 
tains the Passeres ; and consists of a great variety 
of different genera, from the pigeons to the swal¬ 
lows and the goat-suckers. In this order the most 
remarkable specimens are, the great crowned 
Indian pigeon ; the shining African thrush ; the 
scarlet or Virginian grosbeak; the long shafted 
goat-sucker from Sierra Leona; and the European 
goat-sucker. 
It has before been observed, that some birds, on 
account of their inconvenient size, could not be 
admitted into the general assortment. Of these 
the most remarkable is the cassowary, an Indian 
bird, which some ornithologists place among the 
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