2 FRINGILLTD/E. 



FAMILY I.— FRINGILLID.E. 



Rostrum mediocre, conicum, acuminatum, magis minusve crassum 



aut subulatum, integrum vel interdum versus apicem paido 



utrinque emarginatum : pedes simplices. 

 Beak moderate, conic, acuminated, more or less thickened or 



subulated, entire or sometimes slightly emarginated on each 



side near the tip ; legs simple. 



STIRPS I— TANAGRINA, Vigors *. 



The birds included in this stirps of the family are 

 usually of splendid and lively colours, and chiefly 

 subsist upon grains and berries, and but sparingly 

 on insects : they are all natives of America, and in 

 habit resemble Sparrows. 



GENUS CXXXVII.— EUPHONIA. Desmarest. 



Beak somewhat trie-onal and 



nostrum basi subtrigonum, 

 breve, supra carinatum, 

 versus basin utrinque tu- 

 midum. 



"Cauda breve. 



tumid at the base, cari- 

 nated above. 



Tail short. 

 Les Tangaras Eupiiones, ou Bouvreuils, Cuvier, 



* During the progress of the final sheets of the last volume 

 through the press, Mr. Vigors published, in the 2d volume of 

 the Zoological Journal, a general catalogue of the genera of birds 

 arranged in conformity with his own views : as this arrangement 

 is the result of a practical knowledge of the subject, and agrees, 

 with very few exceptions, with the portion already laid before 

 the public in the last volume, I have introduced the divisions pro- 

 posed by that gentleman, for the purpose of showing the natural 

 groups more distinctly. 



