 FRINGILLIDE. — COCCOTHRAUSTINE. O77 
Coccoturaustrs. Size moderate. Bill very conic. 
Wings without a small spurious quill. 
Pyrenestes, Sw. Bill enormous, perfectly conic ; the 
two mandibles equal, or the lower somewhat thicker : 
upper mandible with an obsolete tooth at its base ; 
the tip entire; the commissure straight. Wings 
and tail rounded ; first quill very small, spurious. 
The Old World. 
P. sanguinea. W. Af.i. pl. 9. frontalis. Part 5.No. 116. 
Coccoborus, Sw. (fig. 245.) Bill very large, almost 
perfectly conic ; the two mandibles equal; the upper 
sinuated in the middle, the tip rather exceeding that 
of the lower, and with a very slight notch: com- 
missure sinuated. Wings and tail more or less 
rounded ; the first quill nearly as long as the second. 
America only. 
C. cerulea. Wilson, pl. 24. f. 6. 
Coccothraustes, Briss. Bill very large, rather imper- 
fectly conic; the upper mandible much thicker than 
the under; the tip entire; the commissure simply 
arched, without undulations. Wings long ; the first, 
second, and third quills nearly equal. Tail short, 
more or less forked. Northern America, Europe, 
and temperate Asia. 
C. Europzus. Selby, pl.55. f.1. vespertina. N. Z.1ii. pl.6s. 
Spermophaga, Sw. Bill moderate, conic, but rather 
lengthened ; upper mandible thicker than the under ; 
the tip entire ; the commissure sinuated. Wings and 
tail much rounded ; the first quill fully developed, 
but only half as long as the fifth. Africa. 
S. cyanorynchus. West. Af.i. 164. Vieil. Ois, Chant. pl.67, 68. 
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