The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . of trouble either with the nest or young ones, which aregenerally very numerous, and, in most cases, are able torun as soon as they quit the shell. [We should observe, that exceptions occur to almost allthese generalizations in the course of the series, which willIn the polygamous species, the male is always larger and moregaily coloured than the female; while in such as are monogamous, (as Ptaimigan and Par-tridges,) the sexes nearly or quite resemble, both
The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . of trouble either with the nest or young ones, which aregenerally very numerous, and, in most cases, are able torun as soon as they quit the shell. [We should observe, that exceptions occur to almost allthese generalizations in the course of the series, which willIn the polygamous species, the male is always larger and moregaily coloured than the female; while in such as are monogamous, (as Ptaimigan and Par-tridges,) the sexes nearly or quite resemble, both in size and colour. This diversity is appa-rent in some species that are otherwise closely allied together. The head is very small, ancompared with the members of the preceding orders generally; and the number of cervicalvertebra; is irregular and always greater.] The Poultry constitute, for the most part, a very natural family, remarkable for having fur-nished us with the greater number of our farm-yard fowls, and with much excellent anterior toes are connected at base by a short membrane, the edges of which are dente-. be pointed out as they arise. lateii; and they can only be subdivided upon characters of trivial import, drawn from some ofthe appendages of the head. In order to avoid, however, an excessive multiplication ofgroups, we associate with them certain genera the toes of which have no connecting membrane,and one (that of the Pigeons) which links the Poultry with the Passerine, the others (such asthe Hoazin) presenting a slight approach to the Touracos; [very shght and superficial in bothinstances]. The Curassows (Alec/or, Merrem)—Are large Poultry-birds of South America, which somewhat resemble Turkeys, and have a broad androunded tail, composed of large stiff quills, [fourteen in number]. Several of them possess a singularconformation of the trachea. They live in the woods, feed on buds and fruit, perch and nestle upontrees, [their hind-toe being on th
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