68 CLASS Ile ORDER III. 
nostrils behind the base of the bill ; tongue shori,. 
sharp-pointed ; feet gressoral. 
ORDER 3. SCANSORES. 
Having the outer toe and thumb-toe directed 
backwards, for climbing the trunks of trees. 
GaLBu_a, (golden thrush,) bill straight, very 
jong, quadrangular, pointed ; nostrils oval, at the 
base of the bill; tongue short, sharp-pointed : 
thighs downy on the fore part; feet climbers. 
Picus, (wood-pecker,) bill angular, straight. 
wedge-form at the tip 3 nostrils covered with re- 
cumbent setaceous feathers ; tongue round, worm- 
form, very long, bony, missile, daggered, beset ai 
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 lung, smooth, worm-form, armed at 
the point ; tail feathers 10, flexible ; feet climbers. 
Cucu us, (cuckoo,) bill smooth, a little curved : 
nostrils surrounded by a small rim 3 tongue ar- 
rowed, short, pointed ; feet formed for climbing. 
Scyrurops, (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. : 
Bucco, (barbet,) bill sharp-edged, laterally 
compressed, notched each: side near the tip, bent . 
inwards and a long split beneath the eyes; nos- 
trils covered with incumbent feathers ; feet form- 
ed for climbing. | 
