. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. 230 AVES. Others, The Attagens {Syrrhaptes, Illiger),— Are so far removed from the general type of the Poultry, that it is even doubtful whether they should range in the present order. [They appear to be nearly related to the Gangas.] Their short tarsi are feathered, as are also the toes, which are short, and joined together for a part of their length ; the wings being extremely long and pointed. But one species is known, from the deserts of central Asia [and very rarely eastern Europe,] (T. paradoxus, Piillas), the H
. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. 230 AVES. Others, The Attagens {Syrrhaptes, Illiger),— Are so far removed from the general type of the Poultry, that it is even doubtful whether they should range in the present order. [They appear to be nearly related to the Gangas.] Their short tarsi are feathered, as are also the toes, which are short, and joined together for a part of their length ; the wings being extremely long and pointed. But one species is known, from the deserts of central Asia [and very rarely eastern Europe,] (T. paradoxus, Piillas), the Heteroclyte of Temminck. "We are equally necessitated to separate from the Grouse The Tinamous {Tinamus, Latham ; Crypturus, Illiger),— An American genus, remarkable for a long and slender neck, (although the tarsi are short,) covered with feathers, the tips of the barbs of which are slender and shghtly curled, which imparts a peculiar air to that part of their plumage. The beak is long, slender, and blunt at the end ; somewhat vaulted, with a small groove at each side : the nostrils are pierced in the middle of each side, and penetrate obliquely backwards. Their wings are short, and they have scarcely any tail. The membrane between the base of their toes is very short. Their thumb, reduced to a spur, cannot touch the ground. They have a small naked space round the eye. These birds either perch ^. .-^^^i XTi^a—irrri- °° '^'^ branches, or conceal themselves in tall grass ; tliey live on fruits and insects, and their flesh is very good. Their size varies from that of a Pheasant down to that of a Quail, or even still smaller. [Eggs of a deep purple colour.] Some of them (the Pezus of SpLx), have a small tail concealed under the feathers of the rump. Others (the Thtamut of Spix) have no tail at all, and the nostrils are placed a little further backward. We should distinguish the Rhynchotis of Spix, wherein the beak, which is strong-er, has no g'roove, and is a little ar
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