Genus COCCOTHRAUSTES. 
Coccothraustes, Brisson, Orn. iii. p. 219 (1760). 
Loxia apud Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 299 (1766). 
Fringilla apud Meyer, Vog. Livl. p. 73 (1815). 
Tuer Hawfinch differs quite sufficiently in general form from its allies to justify its being placed 
in a separate genus. Some authors have united this genus with Ligurinus; but this appears to 
me scarcely justifiable. Only one species is usually referred to the present genus, its range being 
given in the following article, as also full particulars respecting its habits and nidification. This 
species, Coccothraustes vulgaris, has the bill rather long, straight, conical, very stout and large, 
higher than broad at the base, acute, there being a very slight notch close to the tip; nostrils 
small, elliptical, basal, concealed by reflected feathers; wings broad, moderately long, the three 
outer quills nearly equal, the second longest, the secondaries curved outwards like a billhook ; 
tail short, slightly emarginate; legs short, stout, the tarsus covered in front with four larger and 
three inferior scutelle; toes slender, compressed, claws tolerably long, arched, acute, laterally 
grooved. 
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