44 STURNID^. 



Sp. 10. Pyr, cinereola. Temm. PI. Col. 11./ 1. 



Pyr. cinereo-ccBrulea suhtus maculaque alarum albis ; alls cau- 



ddque nigrescent ibus ; rostro rufo ; pedibus cinereis. 

 Ashy-blue Bulfincli with the under parts and spot on the wings 



white; the wings and tail dusky ; the beak red; the legs ashy. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length four inches and a half: 

 the head, the cheeks, the back, and the scapulars are 

 ashy-blue ; the wings and the tail are rather more 

 dusky, and all the feathers of those parts are edged 

 with ashy : the base of the quills, beginning from the 

 fourth, is white, which forms a spot of that colour 

 on the wing ; the rest are blackish at the base : all 

 the under parts, with the exception of the flanks, are 

 white, the last are ashy : the beak is strong, thick, 

 and swollen, and of a coral red: the legs are ashy. 



C. Rostrum in medio crenatum. 

 C. Beak crenated in the middle. 



Sp. 11. Pyr. nigra. 



Loxia nigra. Steph, v. ix. p. 321. — Mexico. 



FAMILY II.— STURNIDiE. 



Rostrum mediocre, rectum^ subconicum, cuhnine plerumque inter 



froniis plumas producta : pedes simplices. 

 Beak moderate, straight, subconic, the culmen generally produced 

 amongst the feathers of the forehead : legs simple. 



The family of Sturnidge embraces a considerable 

 number of groups, approaching each other in their 

 gregarious and migratory habits. They are found 

 in every part of the globe, united in large flocks, 

 carrying destruction among the cultivated fields, and 



