Reptiles and Birds / A Popular Account of Their Various Orders, With a Description of the Habits and Economy of the Most Interesting

by Louis Figuier

VI. Scansores.

Climbing birds, with opposing toes in pairs, two behind and two before. The order includes—

I. Ramphastidæ, Toucans.

II. Bucconidæ, Barbets.

III. Cuculidæ, Cuckoos.

IV. Picidæ, Woodpeckers.

V. Musophagidæ, Plantain-eaters.

VI. Coliidæ, Colys.

VII. Psittacidæ, Parrots.