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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 ©. Bills strong, conic, without notches. 
Avauna, (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, 
subcompressed, 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. 
Emperiza, (bunting, ) bill conic ; ; mandibles re- 
ceding from each other from the base downwards,. 
the lower with the sides narrowed i in; the upper 
with a hard knob within. 
Frincitua, (finch, sparrow, linnet,) bill conic, 
strait, pointed. 
Puyroroma, (squaller,) bill conic, strait, se- 
rate ; nostrils oval; tongue short, obtuse ; feet 
four-toed. 
_ Loxta, (grosbeak, goldfinch, crossbill,) bill 
streng, 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. 
Coius, (coby,) bill short, thick, convex aboves. 
flat beneath; upper mandible bent down at the 
tip ; nostrils small at the base of the bill and near- 
ly covered with feathers 5; tongue jagged at the: 
tip ; tail long, wedge-form. 
Guaucoris, (wattle-bird,) bill incurvated, arch- 
ed, the lower mandible wattled beneath ‘at the: 
base 3 - nostrils depressed, half covered by a sub- 
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