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young hargil, or giant-crane, from India, which, 
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 Linn^ean order' consists of the Gal¬ 
ling, comprehending such birds as are more or 
less allied to the common fowl. It consequently 
contains the pheasant and partridge tribe, the 
curasso, &c. In this division the principal speci¬ 
mens are the argus pheasant, from Sumatra ; the 
black or crested Curasso bird ; the great wood- 
grous or urogallus; and the crested Californian 
quail. 
The sixth and last Linnsean 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 Leone; 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 
