Cassell's Book of Birds, Reading 1
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The Principles of Zoological Classification
The organization of these members must obviously be in strict relation with the localities they inhabit. The different families, sub-families, and minor groups into which they have been divided have been again and again sorted like a pack of cards. And yet a little reflection will show that the great principles of zoological classification are so simple and at the same time so immutable that we sometimes cannot but admire the ingenuity displayed in going wrong.
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