ROOM XIII.] 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
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Cases 46 and 47* the Peacock* both wild and domesticated 
In Cases 48 and 49* various Pheasants* such as Reeves’s 
Pheasant* from China; Nepaul and Wallick’s Pheasants 
from the Himalaya Mountains, also the wild Turkey from 
North America. In Case 50* the Horned Pheasant from 
the Himalaya Mountains* also the Chinese Horned Phea¬ 
sant from China ; the Xmpeyan Pheasant; and the Argus 
Pheasant from Singapore. 
In Cases 51 and 52 are several species of Partridge* 
Quails* and Tinamus; and also Nigell’s Grous- 
Pheasant, from the Himalaya Mountains; and in Cases 
53 and 54* a great variety of Grous. With these is asso¬ 
ciated the new genus Thinocorus* which greatly resembles 
them in its plumage* whilst it is also closely allied to the 
Sheathbill* (Case 51*) having the base of the bill covered 
by a sort of sheath* as in that bird* and resembling it in 
its habits of life. Cuvier has placed the Sheathbill at the 
end of his fifth order, les Echassiers* or Waders (Gr alias, 
Linn.) ; but it appears better to place it here* as the gene¬ 
ral form of its bill and feet rather resembles that of the 
Grous* than of any other tribe—whilst the Thinocorus ap¬ 
pears like a connecting link between the two. In Cases 
55 and 56 are several species of Pigeons; and in Cases 57 
and 58, specimens of the Menura and Curassow. 
Cases 59—61 contain the Running Birds* ( Cur sores *) 
peculiar for their short wings and long legs* and inhabit¬ 
ing plains—as the Ostrich and Bustard. Here also is the 
foot of the Dodo* and a cast of the head of that extraordi¬ 
nary bird (see p. 82)*—and the Apteryx of New Zealand* 
•—also the Courser and Pratincole. 
The Wading Birds generally have long wings* and fly 
well; many of them make periodical migrations* and are 
thus distributed over great part of the globe; they usually 
extend their legs behind them when they fly. 
The family of Storks (Cases 62 and 63) have larger and 
more exposed nostrils than the Herons* the hind toe is 
placed rather higher* and the middle claw entire. The form 
and size of the bill vary greatly in the birds of this family. 
In the Adjutants it is large* and furnished with a sort of 
throat-pouch; in the Wood Ibis it is slightly curved* and 
in the Spoonbill the extremity of the beak is flat and 
rounded. Many of these birds have a tuft of very soft 
