CLASS II. ORDER IT. 65 



wide and furnished at the sides with a series of 

 bristles ; ears very large ; tongue pointed, entire ; 

 tail not forked, feathers 10 ; legs short ; middle 

 claw with a broad serrate edge. 



Section 0. Sills strong, conic, without notches. 



/* . _ *t^ if-0~$jL/ c*- *~ c/^ <gfsia*. ~t^**-ts~t>4jL4 . 



ALAUD A, (lark,) bill cylindrical, subulate, strait ; 

 the mandibles equal and a little gaping at the base ; 

 tongue bifid ; hind-claw strait, longer than the toe. 



PARUS, (titmouse,) bill very entire, narrow, 

 snbcompressed,. strong, hard, pointed, and cover- 

 ed at the base with bristles ; tongue truncate, 

 bristly at the end ; toes divided to the origin, the 

 hind one large and strong. 



EMBERIZA, (bunting,) bill conic ; mandibles re- 

 ceding from each other from the base downwards^ 

 the lower with the sides narrowed in ; the uppei; 

 with a hard knob within. 



FRINGILLA, (finch, sparrow, linnet,) bill conic, 

 strait, pointed. 



PHYTOTOMA, (squaller,) bill conic, strait, se- 

 rate ; nostrils oval ; tongue, short, obtuse ; feet 

 four- toed. 



LOXIA, (grosbeak, goldfinch, crossbill,) bill 

 strong, thick, convex, rounded at the base ; low- 

 er mandible bent in at the edge ; nostrils small; 

 round at the base of the bill ; tongue truncate. 



COLIUS, (coby,)rbill short, thick, convex above, 

 flat beneath ; upper mandible bent down at the 

 tip ; nostrils small at the base of the bill and near- 

 ly covered with feathers ;. tongue jagged at the 

 tip ; tail long, wedge- form. 



GLAUCOPIS, (wattle-bird,) bill incurvated, arch- 

 ed, the lower mandible wattled beneath at the 

 base ; nostrils depressed, half covered by a sub- 



#6 



