470 FRINGILLrr>.E. 



/"'. Bill more slender, about equal 

 in height and breadth at nos- 

 trils. 

 ft 4 . Nostrils exposed entirely, lon- 

 gitudinal, with a very distinct 

 operculum ; bill long and 



slender 91- Xenospingus, p. 799. 



i i . Bill stout, only the nasal aper- 

 ture exposed ; the base of the 

 nostrils covered with plume- 

 lets. 

 e 5 . Wing very much rounded ; 

 first long primary less than 

 the long secondaries, which 

 equal the primaries in 



length 72. Ammodbomus, 



/ 5 . Wii grounded, the first long [p. 683. 



primary equal to the long 

 secondaries, which, how- 

 ever, are shorter than the 

 primaries. 

 g°. Tail somewhat forked, the 

 centre attenuated to- 

 wards the tips ; bill very 



slender 67. Poospiza, p. 632. 



ft 6 . Tail square, graduated 

 laterally ; centre tail- 

 feathers rounded at the 



ends ; bill stouter 74. Peuc^ea, p. 708. 



/". Nostrils hidden by small bristly 

 plumes. 

 g'". First long primary equal to the 



inner secondaries 73. Melospiza, p. 696. 



ft'". First long primary much longer 

 than the inner secondaries. 

 ft 4 . Tail without anv white pattern 



on it; bill elongated and . 69 _ SpizellAj p . 657 . 



n rr'T tr ■ ' * ' 1 '•; ' " 7 + 55. FeINGIXLABIA, 



I*. Tail with a white pattern on ' r' g--, 



the outer feathers. *-"' 



g 5 . With a long occipital crest 56. Melophtjs, p. 568. 

 ft 5 . With no occipital crest. 

 i s . Bill pointed, the genys 

 about equal to the hind 



toe without claw 53. Embebiza, p. 476. 



ft 6 . Bill rounded and Bul- 

 finch-like, the genys less 

 than the hind toe with- 

 out claw 52. Pybbhtjlobhyncha, 



d'. Wing decidedly longer than the tail, [p. 473. 



exceeding it by more than the length 

 of the culmen. 

 g". Wings falling short of tail by more 

 than the length of the tarsus. 

 »'". First primary longer than the 

 secondaries. 



