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dp:xtirostres. 



SUB-FAMILY in. 



Erythacin.eJ 



The liohins. 



Gen. Charac— Bill moderate, more or less slender, and rather depressed at 

 the base, with the culmon slightly curved, and the sides gradually compressed 

 to the tip, which is entire, the lateral margins straight and sometimes 

 inflexed, the gape more or less furnished with bristles ; wings generally 

 short and rounded, though sometimes long and pointed ; the tail usually 

 short and broad, sometimes even and rounded at the end ; the tarsi length- 

 ened, slender, and covered with an entire scale; the toes moderate, the lateral 

 ones unequal, and the claws moderate, curved, and acute. 



Fig. 55. — the redbeeast. 

 {Erythaca ruheeula.) 



The Robins are represented by a single species, 

 found in Europe, wbere during the summer months 

 it resides in the thickest woods ; but on the approach 

 of winter it leaves its solitary abode, and may 

 generally be observed in the vicinity of human habi- 

 tations. It is of a solitary disposition, never con- 



* ipvOaivw, erythaino, to redden. 



