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3rd Order. SCANSORES or (Climbers, fig. 212). To this 

 order belongs the extinct genus Halcyornis from the eocene 

 of Sheppey, and Coccyzus, Picus (fig. 212), and Psittacus 

 .from the osseous caverns of Brazil. 



FIG. 211. Turdus iliacus. 



4th Order. RASORES (or Scratchers, fig. 213). All the 

 fossil species of this order belong to existing genera, Perdix, 

 from the eocene of Montmartre ; Phasianus, Gallw, Nu- 

 mida (fig. 213), Crypturus from osseous caverns. 



FIG. 212. Picus viridis. 



5th Order CURSORES (or Runners, fig. 214). To this 

 group belongs the new genus Dinornis, whose remains have 

 been found in such abundance in the diluvium of ]S"ew 



