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FRINGILLIDiE. 



GENUS CXLIV.— ARREMON, Vieillot. 



Rostrum mediocre, subro- 

 bustum, conico-convexum, 

 marginibus interne cur- 

 vatis, apice arcuatum. 



Hemex prima septima bre- 

 vier. 



Pyrgita (pars) Cuvier. 



Beak moderate, somewhat 

 robust, conic-convex, the 

 edges internally curved, 

 its tip arcuated. 



Fiist quill shorter than the 

 seventh. 



Sp. 1. Ar. silens. 



Tanagra silens. Steph. v. x. p. 469. Desmar. Hist. Nat. 

 Tan. Sfc. pi. 38, 39, 40. — Guiana. 



GENUS CXLV.— PIPILO, Vieillot. 



Rostrum basi crassum, ro- 



bustum, supr^ convexum, 



apice curvatum : mandi- 



bula superior margines in- 



Jerioris tegens. 



BeaJc thicic at the base, ro- 

 bust, convex above, curved 

 at the tip : the upper man- 

 dible covering the edges of 

 the lower. 



Sp. 1 . Pi. erythrophthalmu. 



Emberiza erythrophthalma. Steph. v. ix. p. 414. — Inhabits 

 North America. 



STIRPS IT— ALAUDINA, Vigors. 



These birds are plainly, but not inelegantly co- 

 loured, the usual tone of their plumage being brown 

 of various shades, with the edges of the feathers 

 palest, giving it a spotted appearance : they feed upon 

 seeds and insects, and nidificate in hedges, or on the 

 ground. They are chiefly natives of the temperate 



