. The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization; forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. 218 Div. 1. VERTEBRATE ANIMALS.—AYES. Class 2. Others,, The Attagens {Syrrhapfes, Illiger),— Arn so far removed from the general type of the Poultry, that it is even douhtful 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
. The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization; forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. 218 Div. 1. VERTEBRATE ANIMALS.—AYES. Class 2. Others,, The Attagens {Syrrhapfes, Illiger),— Arn so far removed from the general type of the Poultry, that it is even douhtful 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, Pallas), the Heterochjle of Temminck. We are equally necessitated to separate from the Grouse The Tinamous [Tinamus, Latham ; Cnjpturus, 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 slightly 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 Ijase of their toes is very short. Their thumb, reduced to a sjjur, cannot touch the ground. They have a small naked snace round the eye. These birds either perch on low branches, or conceal themselves in tall grass; they live oil 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 stili smaller. [Eggs of a deep pnr])le colour.] Some of them (the Pezm of Spix). have a snia!l tail concealed under the feathers of the rump. Others (tlie Tinniniis of Spix have no tail at all, and the nostrils are placed a little furt; er backward. We should distinguish the Wn/iichotis
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