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mock nightingale ), the Dartford warbler; the room xi, 
stone and whin chats ; the gold-crest , the smallest nat. Hist. 
of the British birds, &c. the white and grey wag- 
tail; the titmice , 
In the fifth order, the Chelidones or Swal¬ 
lows (Case 9, bottom shelf), are placed the goat 
sucker , the swift , the martin , the sand martin , and 
chimney swallow . 
The sixth order, the Galling or Gallinaceous 
Birds (Cases 10 and part of 11), comprehends 
the columbine or pigeon tribe (referred by Lin¬ 
naeus to the Passeres), and the Gallinse properly 
speaking. Of the former we have the stock pi¬ 
geon, the ring pigeon , and the turtle-dove ; the 
latter includes the various kinds of game deno¬ 
minated grouse, partridge and quail; such as the 
cock of the wood , a bird no longer an inhabitant 
of Britain : black grouse; white and red ptarmi¬ 
gan ; common partridge , and common quail . To 
these are added the bustards , which, with regard 
to their habitudes, appear to be intermediate be¬ 
tween this and the following order. 
The seventh order comprehends the Grall^:, 
or waders (Cases 12 to 15); among which may 
be specified the spoonbill (now seldom seen in this 
country), and the storks , with the herons and bit¬ 
terns ; the curlews , with the ibis, snipes , ruff, sand - 
erling , &c.; the plovers, with the lapwing, oyster- 
catcher , &c.; the rails, with the crake, galli- 
nule , &c. 
The eighth order, entitled Anseres, or web¬ 
footed 
