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3 Wings short ; the primary quills not couch ee than 
the tertials. Tail moderate, either quite even, or 
very slightly rounded. Lateral toes small, equal. 
All the claws small and short. Africa, also India? — 
F, capensis. Pl. Enl. 664.2. rufa. Part 5. No. 103. 
striolata. Rupp. Atl. 10. a. _—-vittata. Ib. No. 104. * 
cesia. Ib. 10. b. -anthoides. Ib. No. 105. 
Lepronyx, Sw. Bill intermediate between Hmberiza— 
and Ammodramus. Culmen slightly arched from the 
front. Under mandible rather thicker than the upper, 
which is notched: commissure sinuated and angu-— 
lated at the base; the margins inflexed. Wings 
short ; the three first quills nearly equal. Tail mode-— 
rate, graduated. Feet as in Ammodramus; but the 
hind claw as long as its toe. 
L. melanotis. Part 5. No. 100. 
Melophus, Sw. General structure of Fringillaria; but 
the upper mandible is notched near its tip. Hinder 
claw lengthened, but rather shorter than its toe. Late-_ 
ral toes equal. Tail even. Head crested. Tertials not 
lengthened. 
M. erythropterus. Ill. of Orn. pl. 132. 
Piecrropuanes, Meyer. Bill very conic ; the tip per= 
fectly entire: the under mandible thickest, with the 
general structure of Emberiza. Lateral toes equal. 
Claws nearly straight. Hind toe and claw longer than 
the lateral toes ; the claw much lengthened. Wings 
long, pointed. | 
Miliaria, Sw. Bill of Emberiza. Wings moderate, 
pointed ; the three first quills the longest, and nearly 
of equal length. Tarsus short, strong. Middle toe 
much lengthened, and longer than the tarsus ; lateral 
toes short, perfectly equal. Hinder claw rather shorter 
than the toe, and slightly curved. Europe. | 
M. Europea. Sel. pl. 52. f. 1. citrinella.* Ib. f. 2, 3 7 
Plectrophanes, Meyer. Bill of Emberiza. Wings 
* The yellowhammer is, no doubt, an aberrant species, indicating that . 
the group between this and our Emberixa, has the upper mandible faint y 
notched. This group seems represented by Melophus. oe 
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