. Natural history of birds, fish, insects, and reptiles . lu^pyi. ©F BIRDS, FISH, &C. 24# OF THE PIE KIND. WITHOUT pretending to give a regulararrangement to this most numerous part of theanimal creation, or attempting to class birdswhich philosophy may presume to be possible,but whose distinctions, reason seems to tell us,are beyond the comprehension of man, weshall, nevertheless, so far follow precedent, asto keep them in some degree of order; andupon this principle it is that we now proceedto a genus, which, though in some things si-milar to all the foregoing, yet their differencesare so gr
. Natural history of birds, fish, insects, and reptiles . lu^pyi. ©F BIRDS, FISH, &C. 24# OF THE PIE KIND. WITHOUT pretending to give a regulararrangement to this most numerous part of theanimal creation, or attempting to class birdswhich philosophy may presume to be possible,but whose distinctions, reason seems to tell us,are beyond the comprehension of man, weshall, nevertheless, so far follow precedent, asto keep them in some degree of order; andupon this principle it is that we now proceedto a genus, which, though in some things si-milar to all the foregoing, yet their differencesare so great, that they cannot justly be said tobelong to either. To speak of this race in general terms, wecannot be more explicit than in quoting thewords of a modern author, who says, Under^* this (the pie) class of birds, we might place« all that noisy, restless, chattering, teazing tribe 246 NATURAL HISTORY * tribe that lies between the hen and the thrush ;^^ that, from the size of the raven down to that^ of the wood-pecker, flutter round our habi-^ tations,
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