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SINGl\(i lilKDS— OSUINICS. 



Pasacrclla, believing that it dilfers essentially from all those included in 

 the other sub-families, in the length of its lateral toes and the size of ils 

 claws, which characters are somewhat allied lo those of Pipllo and A'anlho- 

 CLj)hulm. 



Genus PASSERELLA, Swainson. 



Passcrella, SwAiNSON, Class. Birds, II. 1837, aSS. (Tviic, FrimjiHa iliaia, Mehrem.) 



Gkx. CiiAit Boilv .stout. Bill conical, not notched, the outlines ftraij,'lit ; flic two 

 jaws of cciual dcjitli ; roofofinidcr mandible dcc])ly excavated, and vaulted ; not knobbed. 

 Tarsus scarcely longer than the nuddlc toe ; outer Icjc little lon;^er than the inner, its 



claw reaching to the niiildle of the central one. Hind toe about ecjual to the inner lat- 

 eral ; the claws all long, anil nioderately cnrve<l only; the posterior rather longer than 

 the middle, and ec^iud to its toe. AVings long, pointed, reaching to the middle of the tail ; 



