congenerous

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For in order to direct the view aright, it behoves that the beholder should have made himself congenerous and similar to the object beheld.

From Biographia Literaria by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

If I admire when I see how much congenerous birds love to congregate, I am the more struck when I see incongruous ones in such strict amity.

From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert

How diversified are the modes of life, not only of incongruous, but even of congenerous animals; and yet their specific distinctions are not more various than their propensities. 

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 by Morley, Henry

If I admire when I see how much congenerous birds love to congregate, I am the more struck when I see incongruous ones in such strict amity. 

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Morley, Henry

In the S.E. portion of the island, where the highest land is situated, well characterised trachyte, and other congenerous rocks of that varying family, occur.

From Volcanic Islands by Darwin, Charles