i8 CLASS Ilr ORDER 111. 



nostrils behind the base of the bill ; tongue short 

 sharp-pointed ;. feet gressoral. 



ORDER 3. SCANSORES. g *^. 



Having the outer toe and thumb-toe directed 

 backwards, for climbing the trunks of trees. 



GALBULA, (golden thrush,) bill straight, very 

 long, quadrangular, pointed ; nostrils oval, at the 

 base of the bill ; tongue short, sharp-pointed j 

 thighs downy on the fore part ; feet climbers. 



Picus, (wood-pecker,) bill angular, straight, 

 wedge-form at the tip ; nostrils covered with re- 

 cumbent setaceous feathers ; tongue round, worm- 

 form, very long, bony, missile, daggered, beset at 

 the point with bristles bent back ; tail feathers 

 ten, hard, rigid, pointed ; feet climbers. 



YUNX, (wry-neck,) bill smoothish, pointed, a 

 little incurved, weak ; nostrils concave, naked ; 

 tongue very long, smooth, worm-form, armed at 

 the point \ tail feathers 10, flexible ; feet climbers. 



CUCULUS, (cuckoo,) bill smooth, a little curved ; 

 nostrils surrounded by a small rim ; tongue ar- 

 rowed, short, pointed ; feet formed for climbing. 



SCYTHROPS, (channel-bird,) bill large, convex^, 

 sharp-edged, channelled at the sides, hooked at 

 the point ; nostrils- naked, rounded at the base of 

 the bill ; tongue cartilagenous, split at the point ; 

 feet climbers. 



BuccOj (barbet,) bill sharp-edged, laterally 

 compressed, notched each side near the tip, bent 

 inwards and a long split beneath the eyes ; nos- 

 trils covered witix incumbent feathers j feet form- 

 ed for climbing. 



