FRINGILLIDA. — TANAGRINE. 285 
The middle toe and tarsus of equal length ; lateral 
toes equal .* 
nigerrimus. P]. En].179.f.2.(a) | auricapillus. Sw. Monog. (c) 
cristatus. Ib. 7. f. 2. (0) pheenicius. Part 5. No. 93. 
Leucopygia, Sw. (fig. 258.) 
Bill entire, neither mandible 
being notched; somewhat 
slender, much compressed. 
Commissure slightly or not 
at all sinuated. Rictus SS 
smooth. Nostrils naked. om 
Wings moderate. Tail rounded. Feet very strong. 
Lateral toes equal. Claws fully curved. 
L. ruficollis. Part 5. No. 97. 
NemosiA, Vieillot. (fig. 259.) Bill slender, resembling 
that of a Sylvia, but stronger, more lengthened, and 
with the commissure very 
slightly sinuated : base of the 
under mandible as thick, and 
sometimes thicker, than that 
of the upper. Wings rather 
lengthened; the first quill 
hardly shorter than the three next, which are the 
longest. Tail even. Feet small. Lateral toes equal. 
N. flavicollis. Vieil. G. pl.75. —_— pileata. Pl. Enl. 720. f. 2. 
ruficapilla. Ib. (plate 
without a number. ) 
Aeraia, Sw. (fig. 260.) Size 
small. Bill short, slender, 
notched ; the base with 
‘thick-set feathers, which 
more or less cover the nos- Wy 
trils. Wings rather length- _,78 
ened ; the first, and some- 2%, 
times the second, quill 
slightly abbreviated. Tail 
short, even. Feet rather 
* In T. nigerrimus the feet are strong, and the inner toe much shorter. 
This species seems to me intimately connected with the subgenus 
Lamprotes. 
