FRINGILLIDEZ. — FRINGILLINA. 289 
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‘Ammodramus, Sw. Bill with the commissure sinuated, 
and the tip slightly inflexed. Wings very short, reach- 
: ing only to the base of the tail ; the five first quills of 
equal length, and scarcely longer than the secondaries. 
- Tail moderate, very slender, and graduated ; the fea- 
thers narrow, lanceolate, and somewhat rigid. Feet 
slender. Lateral toes equal; hind toe and claw longer 
than the tarsus. Claws very slender, and but slightly 
curved. : 
_ A. caudacuta. Wils. pl. 34. palustris. Wils. pl. 22. f. 1. 
Chondestes, Sw. Larkfinch. 
_ rather pointed ; thethree first 
maritima. Ib. 34. f. 2. 
( fig. 263.) Bill resembling 
Passereila,butthetip slightly 
inflexed and notched: the ‘ 
commissure considerably si- 
nuated, and lobed in the 
middle. Wings lengthened, 
quills nearly equal. Tail 
much rounded ; the feathers broad, and the three outer 
graduated. Feet moderate. Hinder toe and claw 
much longer than the lateral toes, which are equal. 
C. strigata. Sw. Syn. Mex.; also Bon. Am. Orn. i. pl. 5. f. 3. 
Emperiza. Buntings. Bill conic. Culmen nearly 
_ straight. Under mandible thicker than the upper, 
- 
which is furnished with an internal knob ; the tip 
with an obsolete notch: the margins of both mandi- 
bles infiexed. Hinder and inner toe of equal length. 
Claws slender, curved. Tarsus and middle toe equal. 
Emberiza, Linn. Wings moderate; the first quill 
shorter than the four next, which are the longest. 
Tail forked; the feathers narrow, and somewhat 
lanceolate. Lateral toes unequal, the inner shortest ;: 
middle toe lengthened. Europe and America. 
E. scheeniculus. Selby, pl. 52. Canadensis. Wil. ii. 16 3. 
f. 5, 6. pallida. North. Z. ii. p. 251. 
, socialis. Wil. ii. 18. f. 5 
Pringillaria, Swains. Bill with upper mandible entire. 
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