Order III. SC AN SORES. 
The third Family, 
PICIDiE, or Woodpeckers, 
have the Bill generally lengthened, acute, and straight, with the base more or less broad, and the sides 
much compressed towards the tip, which is usually obtuse. 
The first Subfamily, 
CAPITONINiE, or Barbets, 
have the Bill large, broad at the base, usually furnished with bristles, and compressed towards the tip ; 
the Tail generally short, even, and the feathers rounded at the ends. 
Laimodon.* 
Bill large, elevated, and broad at the base, with the culmen arched, and the sides compressed towards 
the tip, which is acute ; the lateral margins strongly and irregularly dentated ; the nostrils basal, lateral, 
and concealed, and the base of both mandibles furnished with long bristles. Wings moderate, with the 
third to the sixth quills nearly equal and longest. Tail moderate and even. Tarsi as long as the outei 
toe, and covered in front with broad scales. Toes unequal, the outer pair equal, and the two anterior 
ones united to the first joint ; the claws short, compressed, and curved. 
These species inhabit the forests of Africa, where they arc usually observed in pairs, living on insects and fruits. 
They select a hole of a rotten tree in which the female generally deposits her eggs on the bare wood. On quitting the 
nest the young form a small band with the parents, and all live together in perfect harmony, until they in their turn 
separate in couples. These birds are so devoid of fear that it is easy to find their nest, it being only necessary to follow 
the little bend tow.rd. evening to the hole where the, reride, »d to whieh the, always retire to pass the night. Ihe, 
sometimes take potion of one of the cello of the large nests of the weavers, winch bu.ld in society. 
1. L. dubius (Gmel.) PI. enl. 602., Le Vaill. Barb. t. 19- — 
Pogonius sulcirostris Leach , Zool. Misc. pi. 7@* i Pogonia eryt ro 
nielas Vieill. Gal. des Ois. t. 32. 
2. L. bidentatus (Shaw), Nat. Misc. pi. 393. — Pogonius lcevi- 
rostns Leach, Zool. Misc. pi. 71; Be Vaill. Barb. t. Suppl. K. ; 
Bucco leuconotus Vieill. ; P. Levaillantii Leach, Zool. Misc. pi. 
117., Le Vaill. Barb. t. Suppl. A. 
3. L. nigrothorax (Cuv.) Le Vaill. Barb. t. 28. — Pogonias per- 
sonates Temm. PI. col. 201 . 
4 . L. Saltii (Stanl.) Salt’s Trav. App. xliv. liv., Lath. Hist, of B. 
iii. pi. 53 . — Pogonias rubrifrons Swains. Zool. 111. pi. 68. ; P. hse- 
matops Wagl. ; Loxia abyssinica Gmel. ? ; Hyreus abyssinicus 
Steph. ? ; Phytotoma tridactyla Daud. ; Pogonias Brucei Rupp. 
Faun. Abyss, t. 20. f. 1. 
te its place in 1841. 
