246 CONIROSTRES. 



SUB-FAMILY V. 

 Emberizin.e. ' TJie Buntings. 



Gen. Chaeac. — Bill conical, acute, compressed, witli the culmen more or less 

 straight to the tip, the lateral margins siuuated, and more or less inflected ; 

 the interior of the upper mandible furnished with a palatine knob, which is 

 more or less apparent ; the wings moderate and somewhat pointed ; the 

 tarsi about the length of the middle toe, and scutellated ; the hind toe longer 

 than the inner, and robvist; the claws slender, and more or less curved. 



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The birds wliicli compose this family are met 

 with both in the Old and New Worlds but especially 

 in the former. They collect together in flocks by 

 themselves, or in company with other seed-feeding 

 birds, at the approach of winter, and remain in 

 society till the return of spring, when they scatter 

 themselves singly or in pairs Over the open country. 

 They do not remove to any great distance in their 

 migrations ; their flight is undulating and quick ; 



