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Later systems of classification owe much to anatomy, and
Later systems of classification owe much to anatomy, and
the pioneers in the modern advances in this respect were A. H.
the pioneers in the modern advances in this respect were A. H.
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Garrod and W. A. Forbes, two brilliant and short-lived
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Garrod and W. A. Forbes, two brilliant and short-lived
young men who occupied successively the post
young men who occupied successively the post
of prosector to the Zoological Society of London, and
of prosector to the Zoological Society of London, and
who made a rich use of the material provided by the collection
who made a rich use of the material provided by the collection
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of that society. Garrod was the more skilled and ingenious
of that society. Garrod was the more skilled and ingenious
anatomist, Forbes had a greater acquaintance with the ornithology
anatomist, Forbes had a greater acquaintance with the ornithology
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appeared in the American ''Standard Natural History'', published
appeared in the American ''Standard Natural History'', published
in Boston in 1885. The volume on birds was written by
in Boston in 1885. The volume on birds was written by
Dr L. Stejneger and was founded on Elliot Coues's ''Key to North''
Dr L. Stejneger and was founded on Elliot Coues’s ''Key to North''
''American Birds''. Apart from its intrinsic merits as a learned
''American Birds''. Apart from its intrinsic merits as a learned
and valuable addition to classification, this work is interesting
and valuable addition to classification, this work is interesting
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birds were not a natural group but a set of stages of arrested
birds were not a natural group but a set of stages of arrested
development or of partial degradation. It is impossible to
development or of partial degradation. It is impossible to
reproduce here Fürbringer's elaborate details and phylogenetic
reproduce here Fürbringer’s elaborate details and phylogenetic
trees with their various horizontal sections, but the following
trees with their various horizontal sections, but the following
tables give the main outlines:—
tables give the main {{nowrap|outlines:—}}
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|colspan="2"|Suborder.
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|{{sc|Archornithes}}|| ||Archaeopterygiformes|| ||Archaeopteryges|| ||Archaeopterygidae.
|{{sc|Archornithes}}|| ||Archaeopterygiformes|| ||Archaeopteryges|| ||Archaeopterygidae.
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