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FRINGILLID&. —— TANAGRINE. 283 
_ what pointed ; the first and 
second quills scarcely shorter 
than the third, which is the 
longest. Tail moderate, even. 
Middle toe and tarsus of equal 
length ; lateral toes unequal, 
the inner shortest.* 
olivacea. Vieil. G.p.77. (fig. 252. a) 
serioptera. Part 5. No. 99. 
Ramphopis, Vieillot. (fig. 254.) Bill hes if oe the 
under mandible more or less thicker at its base than the 
upper, and generally consider- 
ably dilated and flattened ; the 
margins inflexed. Conimissure 
simply curved. Nostrils basal, 
partially naked ; the aperture TE 
round. Wings short ; the two first Bal slightly gra- 
duated ; the third, fourth, and fifth equal, and longest. 
Tail much rounded. Feet slender, moderate. Tarsus 
_ and middle toe of equal length ; lateral toes the same. 
Claws slender, curved. 
atrococcineus. B. Bds. pl. 20. nigrogularis. Ib. pl.17. 
coccineus. Ib. pl. 18, 19. 
Pue@nisoma, Sw. Bill lengthened, conic. The upper 
_ mandible strongly sinuated or obsoletely toothed in 
the middle of the commissure. 
Lamprotes, Sw. (fig. 255.) Bill lengthened, sub- 
conic, compressed from the base. Commissure simply 
curved. Gonys straight. Cul- = 
men arched. Nostrils entirely 
naked ; the aperture round, 
simple. Wings rather length- 
ened, somewhat pointed; the 
first quill hardly shortened ; the second longest. Feet 
very short. Tail even. Middle toe longer than the 
* J find it impossible to determine, at this moment, which are the precise 
species of the other examples here figured of this intricate genus. They 
will, however, illustrate the forms between Pitylus and Ramphopis, which 
is the most material object I have had in view. 
