200 



6^ Bill pointed, but the 

 upper mandible much 

 deeper than the lower 



cue 17. Oetygospiza, p. 2G9. 



'j'. Hind toe and claw shorter 

 than the culmiual ridg'e of 



the bill, which is very broad. 16. Amaueesthes, p. 267. 

 Tail rather longer, the out- 

 stretched feet not reaching to 

 the end of the tail. 

 e°. Tail-feathers very broad, the 

 tail being fan-shaped. 

 c". ITpper tail-coverts mode- 

 rate, falling short of the 

 end of the tail by more than 

 length of tarsus ; distance 

 between tips of outer and 

 centre tail-feathers as 

 much as hind toe and 



claw 18. Lagonosticta, p. 271. 



(P. Upper tail-coverts very 

 long, falling short of tip 

 of tail by no more than 

 the length of tarsus ; dis- 

 tance between outer and 

 centre tail-feathers not so 

 much as hind toe and 



claw 19, Stictospiza, p. 287. 



d'^. Tail-feathers narrower. 

 e'. Wing pointed, the dis- 

 tance between the tips of 

 the primaries and tips of 

 the secondaries as much 

 as or even more than the 

 length of the tarsus. 

 c". Inner secondaries elon- 

 gated ; bill swollen and 

 rounded, theculmen and 

 genys both curved, the 

 cutting-edge of the 

 upper mandible festoon- 

 ed upwards near the 



base 20. Amadina, p. 288. 



d\ Inner secondaries not 



elongated, all of this 



series of quills being 



about equal in length ; 



bill pointed, both cul- 



men and genys being 



nearly straight. 



c". Tail short ; the wings 



falling short of the 



end of the tail by less 



than the length of the [p. 292, 



tarsus 21, Stagaxoplevba, 



