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British Birds, 



Group 3. — Scansores (Climbers). 



Family I. Picidce Woodpecker-kind. 



II. Certhiadcs . . . Creeper-kind. 



III. CuculidcB, 



Cuckoo-kind. 



Group 4. — Fissirostres (Cleft-Billisd). 



Family I. Meropidcs . . . Bee-eater- kind. 



II. HalcyonidcB . . . Kingfisher-kind. 



III. HirundinidcB . . Swallow-kind. 



IV. Caprimulgidce . . Goatsucker-kind. 



ORDER III.— RASORES (SCRATCHERS). 



Family I. Columbidce . . . Dove-kind. 



II. Phasianidcs , . , Pheasant-kind. 



III. Tetraonidcs . . . Grouse-kind. 



IV. StriithionidcB . . Ostrich-kind. 



