276 | ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF a ; 
Motorurus, Sw. Cowpen. Bill very short, thick, fine \ 
like, conic, entire; the culmennot flattened, but slight- 
ly arched from the base, which is rather elevated. 
Wings lengthened, pointed ; the first quill longest. 
Tail slightly rounded. Middle toe as long as the 
tarsus ; lateral toes of equal length ; hind toe shorter 
than the tarsus. All the claws rather small, and 
fully curved. 
M. pig Wilson, pl.18. _brevirostris. Part5. No. 76. 
1—3. 
SturNnELLA, Vieillot. ( fig. “a Bill long, equal to j 
the length of the head, : 
conic, much depressed : 
towards the tip, where 
it is broader than high : 
culmen dividing the fron- 
tal feathers, where it is 
depressed and flattened 
Wings moderate ; first : 
quill rather shorter than the second. Tail ii, | 
rounded ; the feathers rather narrow. Feet large, but 
slender. Tarsus longer than the middle toe. Lateral 
toes unequal, the inner shortest ; hind toe not much 
shorter than the middle. Anterior claws small, and 
of equal size; hinder claw (typically) twice as large 
as the others. | By 
S. collaris. Veill. Wilson, militaris. Pl. Enl. 113. 
pl. 19. f. 2. ( fig. 244.) 
Famity FRINGILLIDA. Finches. 
Size generally small, Bill more or less short and conic, 
not so long as the head, and very thick at its base. 
Susram. COCCOTHRAUSTINAE. Hard-Bills. 
Bill pre-eminently large, strong, and conic ; the curv-_ 
ature of both mandibles towards the point being more or 
Jess equal: the culmen rarely arched, or bent down a 
the tip. Upper mandible either entire, or with a very 
slight and almost obsolete notch. 
