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ROOM XIII. ther-like tongues; they live on fruit and small birds; 
Nat. Hist. they are only found in tropical America. 
The family of Hornbills (same Cases), which come 
from India and Africa, have the beak large, like the 
Toucans, but they are heavier, and vary greatly in 
shape according to the age of the bird; they feed on 
fruit, mice, small birds, and reptiles. 
The Gallinaceous Birds* (Cases 45—57) usually 
lay their eggs on the earth ; the males are generally 
polygamous. The Pheasants and Grous, which consti¬ 
tute the first group, have the hind toes placed higher 
on the tarsus than the rest, so that only the tip touches 
the ground; the former have the nostrils covered by a 
naked, horny scale, the legs not feathered, and those of 
the male generally furnished with spurs ; in the latter 
the scale covering the nostrils is always feathered, and 
the legs generally so. In these Cases there is a great 
variety of Birds of this tribe, amongst which may be 
seen, in Case 45, the Javan Cock, Fire-backed Phea¬ 
sant, and Pencilled Pheasant. In 46, the Common Phea¬ 
sant, Pucras Pheasant, from the Himalaya Mountains, 
and some Peacocks. In 47, Reeves’s Pheasant, from 
China, a singularly beautiful species, and the Nepaul 
Pheasant, from the Himalaya Mountains. In 48, the 
Argus Pheasant, the Impeyan Pheasant and Horned 
Pheasant from the Himalaya Mountains, and the Chi¬ 
nese Horned Pheasant from China. In 49, the Black¬ 
headed Pheasant from the Himalaya Mountains, and 
in 50, the Sanguine Pheasant, from India, Nigelfs 
Grous-Pheasant, from the Himalaya Mountains, and 
various species of Partridge. 
In 51 are several species of Quails and Tinamus; 
and in 53 and 54, a great variety of Grous. With 
these is associated the new genus Thinocorus, which 
greatly resembles them in its plumage, whilst it is also 
closely allied to the Sheathhill (Case 52), having the base 
of the bill covered by a sort of sheath, as in that bird, 
* See p. 85* 
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