. The natural history of birds . stilt. foot, and the majority of them are incapable of flight),making them a distinct order ; and then include allthe others in another order Grallid^, or birds. Snipe. which can and occasionally do wade, we shall per-haps come as near to accuracy as is possible withouta much greater, and indeed an inconvenient numberof primary divisions. Cuvier divides the order into five principal groupsor families, to which he has to append some generawhich do not conveniently come within any of thegroups. L 146 NARROW-BILLED BIRDS. The first group, Brevipe)i?ies (short-wing
. The natural history of birds . stilt. foot, and the majority of them are incapable of flight),making them a distinct order ; and then include allthe others in another order Grallid^, or birds. Snipe. which can and occasionally do wade, we shall per-haps come as near to accuracy as is possible withouta much greater, and indeed an inconvenient numberof primary divisions. Cuvier divides the order into five principal groupsor families, to which he has to append some generawhich do not conveniently come within any of thegroups. L 146 NARROW-BILLED BIRDS. The first group, Brevipe)i?ies (short-wings), con-sists of the ostriches and other land birds which can-not fly ; but the name is not very accurate ; and thegroup to be natural and preserve the gradation shouldinclude some birds which can fly, such as the bus-tards, which form the connecting link between theffallinidee and the ostriches.
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