Order III. SCANSORES. 
The fourth Family, 
CUCULIDiE, or Cuckows, 
have the Bill of various lengths, generally slender, and more or less compressed on the sides j the culmen 
curved to the tip, which is more or less emarginated; the Nostrils lateral, and placed in a membranous 
groove: the Wings long, and generally pointed: the Tail lengthened and rounded: the Tarsi more or 
less long, and covered with broad transverse scales : the Toes long and unequal : the Claws moderate, and 
more or less curved. 
The first Subfamily, 
INDICATOR INiE, or Honey-Guides, 
have the Bill short, broad at the base, with the culmen curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, 
which is entire ; the Nostrils lateral, and placed near the culmen in a membranous groove : the Wings 
long and pointed: the Tail moderate and emarginated: the Tarsi very short, an covere wi 
transverse broad scales: the Toes unequal, and the outer anterior toe the longest: the Claws moderate 
and strong. 
Indicator Vieill* 
Bill more or less short, and broad at the base, with the culmen curved, and the sides compressed to 
the tip, which is entire ; the lateral margins nearly straight ; the gonys moderate and ascent mg e 
nostrils lateral, and placed in a membranous groove, with the opening linear, and t near e cu mem 
Winqs lone- and pointed ; with the first quill nearly as long as the third fourth, and fifth, which are 
equal and longest. Tail moderate, emarginated in the middle, and rounded on the sides. Tars, shorter 
than the out r anterior toe, and covered with broad scales. TWs unequal, t e outer anterior toe the 
longest, the anterior pair united at their base ; the claws moderate, compressed, and curved. 
Established b, V.11,1 in 1816 (A,s„.e, „. S8.). 
