. Birds. Birds. Fig. B.—Brachypternus awantins and nest-hole. Order III. PICI. With the Woodpeckers we commence a series of bird-families sometimes combined under the general name of Piearice, but exhibiting such complicated relations with each other and with other groups of birds that their classification is by no means finally settled. In the present work it appears best to leave them in a number of small orders, each frequently consisting, as in the present instance, of a single family. The Woodpeckers were formerly associated under the name Scansores with Barbets, Cuckoos, Parrots, and oth
. Birds. Birds. Fig. B.—Brachypternus awantins and nest-hole. Order III. PICI. With the Woodpeckers we commence a series of bird-families sometimes combined under the general name of Piearice, but exhibiting such complicated relations with each other and with other groups of birds that their classification is by no means finally settled. In the present work it appears best to leave them in a number of small orders, each frequently consisting, as in the present instance, of a single family. The Woodpeckers were formerly associated under the name Scansores with Barbets, Cuckoos, Parrots, and other birds having two hind and two fore toes, the fourth digit being directed back- wards as well as the first or hallux. But the Parrots have long been known to differ from the others widely in structure, and were classed apart by Blyth in his Catalogue in 1849. Huxley, in his important paper 'On the Classification of Birds' ( 1867, pp. 448, 467), distinguished the Woodpeckers as a group called Celeo- morpJuB, equal in rank to the Accipitrine birds or the Parrots, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Oates, Eugene William, 1845-1911; Blandford, William Thomas, 1832-1905. London, Taylor and Francis
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