13" lilKD CALLEKY. 



by marked (liHcroiiccs in the sliape ul' the Itill. To the lormcr l)chjug 

 the Hawfiueh {('uccotlirauslcs) (2404) and (irecnfiiR-h [Chluris] (2412), 

 botli well-known British si)ecies, as well as u large numbei' ol' thiek- 

 billed forms, such as the brilliantly coloured Crested Cardiuals 

 (Cardinalis) (2417), chiefly lound in America. 



Of the Friiii/iniiue maiiy are included in tiie liritisli list. Those tiiat 

 breed are the Chatlinch (2419j, (ioldtinch (2422), Siskin (2426), 

 Linnet (2433), Lesser Redpoll (2434), Twite (2431), House-Sparrow 

 (2439), Tree-S])arrow (2438 ), Crossbill (2454), and BuUtincli (2461); 

 the 15rambling (2420) and Mealy Red|)oll (2432) are winter visitors; 

 while the Serin Finch (2457), Parrot Crossbill (2453), Two-banded 

 Crossbill (2459), Rose-Finch (2458), and Pine-Grosbeak (2509) arc 

 accidental visitors. The Crossbill is an instance of peculiar modifica- 

 tion, the mandibles crossing each other in front, and enabliug the 

 bird not only to open tir-eoncs, on the seeds of which it principally 

 feeds, but to use its bill for climbing liki^ a Parrot. Other notable 

 forms are the Saffron-Finches (Syca/is) (2447) of South America, 

 frequently kei)t as cage-birds, Ijiit generally too ])uguacious to live 

 with other birds; tlie hantlsome I{/i//iic/wxrriit/itis sucotraiii/s {2i3^ii}, 

 peculiar to the island of Sokotra ; aiul the Ijrilliant scarlet Sepoy- 

 Finch [('arpoddcus sijiahi) (2449) I'rom the Himalaya. 



The Buntings [Embviiz'nuc) arc also well represented on tiic British 

 list, the breeding species being the (Common or Corn- (2467j, VcUow 

 (2471), Cirl (2470), Reed- (2463), and Snow- (2473) Buntings, while 

 the Black-headed (2462), Ortolan (2465), Siberian .Aleadow- (2475), 

 Meadow- (2475 a), Rustic (2476), Little (2477), and Lapland (2474) 

 Buntings, are accidental visitors. A large number of American genera 

 are also included in tiiis group; some, such as Vijuiiusjiizu (2482-4) 

 and Paroaria (2506), containing brightly coloured species. 



Family XXXIIL Cu-:kei3iu.k. American CREiii'iiRs. 



[Case 80.] The American Creepers or Quit-Quits are a uine-primaricd family, 

 allied to the Tanagers, but in their habits and other poiuts resemble the 

 Tits {Pari (Ue) and Crcej)crs of the Old World [CertliikUc). The bill 

 is usually slender, sometimes conical or strongly hoolied at the tip as 

 in Dlylossa (2516-9), and the extensile tongue is forked and friuged at 

 the extremity. They belong exclusively to the tropical forest-clad parts 

 of the New World, ranging from Southern Florida to Bolivia and 

 South-east Brazil. Like the Tanagers, their plumage is a combination 

 of the brightest colours, and hence some species, like the Blue Creeper 

 [Cyanerpes cyanea) (2528), have become an article of trade for the orna- 

 mentatiou of women's hats. The Banana-Quit [Cwreba Jlaveola) (^2629; 



