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Show 366 AVES. . . · e short and the creca small; the intermediate 1ts mtestmes ar ' . . . stomach b etween the crop and gizzard 1s wantmg., and 1ts cloaca is notlarger1· n prop ortion than that of other b1rds. It feeds on fru1· t an d eggs, but not grain. The fe. male lays a small number of green eg gs ' which like the Ostr1ch she aband.o ns to the solar h eat. F ou nd in different islands of the Archipelago of India. d P' A 1 t 1 1 Cas. Novre-Hollandic£, Lath.; Voy. e eron, t . par 'p. . v· .11 G ler pi 226 (1) (The Cassowary of New Hoi· XXXV!; 1e1 . a · · · . land.) Ad epresse d beak'• no helmet on the head.; a httle naked sk·m about t h e ear,. Pl umage brown and more of 1t;. more .b arbsf to the feathers; no caruncles, or spurs on the wmg; nails ~ the toes a b ou t equa1 · Its flesh resembles beef. Its speed 1s greater than that of the swiftest greyhound. The young ones are striped with brown and black.(2) FAMILY II. PRESSIROSTRES. This family comprises genera with long legs, without a thumb, or in which the thumb is too short to reach the ground. The bill is moderate, but strong enough to pe?et~ate t~e e~r~ in search of worms; hence we find those species m which It weakest frequenting meadows and newly ploughed grounds to obtain that sort of food with more facility. Such as have stronger beaks, also feed on herbs, grain, &c. (1) This constitutes the genus EMou, or DnoM.A.Ius ofVieillot. d ven (2) N.B. I cannot allow room m. thi. s work fio r speci. es so little kno.w n, an e so poorly authenticated, as those whi. ch fio rm t h e genus D 1 nus o.f Lmna:us. .J. n up by The first, or the Dz.d u• w. eptus, I. S on1 y k nown fir om a descrinr tlon dw •ra.,w m an oil the first Dutch navigators, and g1· ven b Y C1 u s1· Us, E xo t ., p · 99 ' and !10· tion of . · d d I 294· for the eswp Painting of the same perwd, copied by E war s, p , ' d d It seellll Herbert is puerile, and all others are copi· e d fir om Clu sm· s ~.n d E fw'ta r t st.h e present that the species has completely disappeared, nothing remammg? 1 al 143 ) and a day but a foot preserved .m the Brl· tl· sh M useum (Shaw ' Nat. Miscf. OP x·f ord ('J d.Jb. head in very bad condition possessed by the Asmolean Museum o. d the foo4 pl. 166.) The beak bears some resemblance to that of the Pengums, an if it were palmated would be like that of the Aptenodytes. . of Leguat, The second speci. es, Di'd u s so z~· tar·w s, rest s on the bare testimohn y the J{ippO' Voy. I, p. 98, a man who has disfigured well known animals, sue as . potamus and the La.mantin. nt of F~ The third, Didu3 nazaremus, is only know!,\ from the actou GRALLA 'I'ORIJE. 367 OTis, Lin. The Bustards, in addition to the massive carriage of the Gallinaeere, have a long neck and legs, and moderate beak; its superior mandible being slightly arcuated and arched, which, as well as the very small membranes between the base of the toes, again recal the idea of the Gallinace~. But the nakedness of the lower part of their legs, their whole anatomy, and even the flavour of their flesh, place them among the Grallatori~, and as they have no thumb, the smaller species approximate closely to the Plovers. Their tarsi are reticulated, and their wings short; they fly but seldom, hardly ever using their wings, except to assist themselves in running. They feed inrlifferently on grain and herbs, worms and insects. 0. tarda, L., Enl. 245. (The Great Bustard.) Back, of a bright fawn colour, crossed with numerous black streaks, the remainder greyish. The feathers of the ears of the male, which is the largest bird in Europe, are lengthened out on both sides, forming a kind of large mustachios. This species, which is considered as being among the best game of that country, frequents its extensive plains, building on the ground among the grain. 0. tetrax, L.; Enl. 25 and 10. (The Little Bustard.) More than a half smaller, and much less common than the tarda; brown above, sprinkled with black; whitish beneath; neck of the male black, with two white collars. The beak of most species foreign to Europe is more slender than that of those which belong to it. Among the former we may remark, 0. houbara, Gm.; Le Houbara, Desfontaines, A cad. des Sc., 1787, pl. x; Vieill. Galer., pl. ccxxvii. (The Houbara.) So called on account of the ruff of elongated feathers which ornaments both sides of its neck. From Africa and Arabia.( I) Cauche, who considers it to be the same as the ineptus, giving it however but three toes, while all the others allow the former to possess four. No one has been able to obtain a sight of any of these birds since the time of the above named tratellers. Of all birds, that which has its wings the most completely reduced to a simple Vestige, is the .llpteryx, represented by Shaw, Nat. Misc. 1055 and 1057. Its general figure is that of an Aptenodytes, its size that of a Goose. The feet would be those of the former, were they not described as wanting the web. The beak is very long, slender, marked,with a longitudinal groove on each side, and having a membrane at base. The wing is reduced to a little stump, terminated by a hook. Pro111 New Holland. (I) I leave among the Bustards all Latham's species, such as the .llfra, Lath. |