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130 class aves. 



The Sparrows. Fringilla. 



Have the beak conical, and more or less gross at its 

 base, but its commissure is not angular. They gene- 

 rally subsist on grain, and are, for the most part, 

 voracious and mischievous. 



, We subdivide them as foUows : 



The Weavers. Ploceus. Cuv. 



With beak sufficiently large to have caused them 

 to be partly classed with the Cassiques ; but its 

 straight commissure distinguishes them. They 

 have, moreover, the upper mandible slightly convex. 

 They are found in both continents. Most of those 

 in the Old World construct their nest with much art, 

 interlacing it with blades of grass, whence the name 

 of weavers (Tisserins) is given to them. 



Sandwich Bunting. Emb, Sandwichensis. Gm. 



The following are very doubtful : — 



Surinam bunting. JEmb. Surinamensis. J 



Gaur bunting. Eriib. Asiatica. 



Eivberiza fucata. Pall. *• 



Embenza Chryso'plirys. Pall. *? 



Emberiza Super ciliosa. Vieil. ' 



Embenza melanodera. Quoy and Gaim. t. 109. ^** 



The following are Eviherizoides of Temminck, and Tardivola of 

 Swainson : — 



Eniberizoides MvUtnotes. Temm. PI. Col. 114. 1. Chipui. Azara. 

 No. 140. 



Eniberizoides Marginalis. Tern, PL col. 114. f 2. Fringilla Mac- 

 roura. Lath. 



