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ORNITHOLOGY. 
Certhia. - 
Upupa. - 
Glaucopis. - 
Buphaga. 
Sitta. - 
Oriolus. - 
Coracias. 
Gracula. - - 
Corvus. - 
Paradifea. 
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Rhamphaftos. 
Trogon. 
Plittacus. 
Crotophaga. - 
Gaibula. - 
Picus. 
Yunx. 
Cuculus. 
Bucca. - 
Bill bent down, (harp-pointed. 
Bill bent down, fomewhat obtufe. 
Bill bent down, arched ; tongue ferrate, 
fringed. 
Bill ftraight, quadrangular. 
Bill ftraight, wedged at the tip. 
Bill ftraight, conic, very (harp-pointed. 
Bill fharp-edged, the point bent down. 
Bill (harp-edged,equal, naked at the bafe. 
Bill (harp-edged; frontlet reverfed. 
Bill fomewhat (harp-edged; frontlet vel¬ 
vety. 
Feet formed for climbing. 
Bill ferrate; tongue feathered. 
Bill ferrate, hooked at the point. 
Bill hooked, upper mandible movable; 
tongue fleftiy. 
Bill wrinkled, angular at the edges. 
Bill quadrangular, very (harp-pointed. 
Bill angular; tongue worm-ftiaped. 
Bill fmooth ; tongue worm-ftiaped. _ 
Bill fmooth; noftrils furrounded with a 
rim. 
Bill fmooth; notched, hooked. 
3. Feet formed for walking. 
Buceros. - - Bill ferrate; front bony. 
Alcedo. - - Bill ftraight, triangular. 
Merops. - - Bill bent down, a little comprefted. 
Todus. - - Bill linear, deprefled, ftraight. 
III. Anseres, or Web-footed Birds. Bill fmooth, co¬ 
vered with a foft (kin, and broader at the point; feet 
formed for fwimming; toes palmate, connected by a 
membrane. This order contains thirteen genera, in two 
divifions: 
i. Bill toothed. 
Anas. - - Bill with a nail at the tip; teeth mem¬ 
branaceous. 
Mergus. - - Bill with a nail at the tip; teeth fubulate. 
Phaeton. - - Bill (harp-edged, comprefted, ferrate. 
Plotus. - - Bill fubulate, ferrate. 
Rynchops. 
Diomedea. 
Aptenodytes. 
Alca. 
Procellaria. 
Pelecanus. - 
Larus. 
Sterna. - 
Colymbus. - 
2. Bill without teeth. 
Bill with the upper mandible (horteft. 
Bill with the lower mandible truncate. 
Bill ftraight, narrow, furrowed at the 
(ides. 
Bill with tranfverfe lateral wrinkles. 
Noftrils tubular, lying on the bafe of the 
bill. 
Bill girded; face naked; chin with a 
pouch. 
Bill with the lower mandible gibbous. 
Bill fubulate, comprefted at the point. 
Bill fubulate, a little comprefted at the 
ftdes. , 
IV. GRALL.®, or Waders. Bill fubcylindrical; legs 
formed for wading, having all the toes diftintt; tail (hort. 
This order confifts of twenty genera, in two divifions: 
Phcenicopterus. 
Platalea. - 
Palamedea. - 
My&eria. - - 
Tantalus. 
Ardea. 
Corrira. - - 
Recurviroftra. 
Scolopax. - - 
Tringa. - 
i. Feet four-toed. 
Bill toothed, bene as if broken; feet 
palmate. 
Bill deprefled, widened at the end. 
Bill (harp, hooked at the end. 
Lower mandible thickeft, bending up¬ 
wards. 
Bill bending dpwn.; chin with a pouch. 
Bill ftraight, (harpilh, long. 
Bill ftraight, narrow, (hort. 
Bill fubulate, tapering, pointed, depreflk 
ed, bending upwards. 
Bill ftraight, roundilh, bluntilh. 
Bill roundifh, blunt; back toe raifed 
from the ground. 
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Fulica. - 
Parra. » « 
Vaginalis. 
Pfophia. - 
Cancroma. 
Rallus. - 
Scopus. - 
Glareola. - 
Hasmatopus. 
Charadrius. 
Bill at the root and front bare. 
Bill at the bafe and front with movable' 
warts. 
Bill thick, fubconvex; upper mandible 
tipt with a horny (heath. 
Bill a little arched ; noftrils oval. 
Bill keeled above; noftrils in a furrow. 
Bill fomewhat keeled ; body a little com- 
preffed. 
Bill thick, comprefted; noftrils linear, 
oblique. 
Bill, (hort, ftraight, hooked; noftrils li¬ 
near, oblique. 
2. Feet three-toed. 
Bill a little comprefted, the point wedged. 
Bill roundilh, obtufe. 
V. Gallin/e, or Poultry. Bill convex, the upper 
mandible arched over the lower; noftrils arched over 
with a cartilaginous membrane; legs formed for running; 
toes rough underneath. They are polygamous, fond of 
rolling in the duft, and teach the young to collect food. 
This order contains the ten following genera: 
Otis. - - - Bill fomewhat convex; longue notched. 
Struthio. - - Bill conic ; wings not formed for flying. 
Didus. - - Bill ftraitened in the middle, and 
wrinkled; face naked. 
Pavo. - - - Bill naked ; feathers of the crown turned 
back. 
Meleagris. - Face and neck covered with naked ca¬ 
runcles. 
Penelope. - - Bill naked ; head covered with feathers. 
Crax. - - - Bill covered at the bafe with a cere. 
Phafianus. - Cheeks naked, fmooth. 
Numidia. - - Bill with two pendent wattles at the bafe. 
Tetrao. * - A naked coloured (kin above each eve. 
VI. Passeres, or Pafferine Birds. Bill conic, pointed; 
legs formed for hopping; 'toes (lender, divided; neft 
formed with wonderful art. They live chiefly in trees 
and hedges; are monogamous, vocal, and feed the young 
by thrufting the food down their throats. This order 
contains feventeen genera, in four divifions: 
i. Bill thick. 
Loxia. - - Bill conic-oval. 
Colius. - - Bill thick, convex above, narrow be¬ 
neath. 
Fringilla. - - Bill conic, (harp-pointed. 
Phytotoma. - Bill conic, ftraight, ferrate. 
Emberiza. - - Bill fubconic, lower mandible broader 
\ and turned in at the edges. 
2. Upper mandible fomewhat hooked at the point. 
Caprimulgus. Bill deprefled, fringed at the bafe; nof¬ 
trils tubular. 
Hirundo. - - Bill deprefled, bent in at the point. 
Pipra. - - - Bill fubulate, (lightly bent down at the 
point. 
3. Upper mandible notched near the 'end. 
Turdus. - - Bill fubulate, comprefted at the root. 
Ampelis. - - Bill fubulate, deprefled at the root. 
Tanagra, - - Bill fubulate, conic at the root. 
Mufcicapa. - Bill fubulate, fringed at the root. 
Parus. = 
Motacilla. 
Alauda. • 
Sturnus. 
Columba. 
4. Bill Jlraighi, fimplc, tapering. 
- Bill fubulate; tongue truncate; frontlet 
reverfed. 
. - Bill fubulate; tongue jagged, hind-claw 
moderate. 
- Bill fubulate; tongue cleft; hind-claw 
long. 
= Bill fubulate, deprefled at the point. 
» Bill fubarched; noftrils covered with a 
tumid membrane. 
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