PYRRHULIN.E. 
middle toe, and strongly scaled. Toes moderate, the lateral ones equal, and all much scutellated above ; 
the claws long, slender, acute, and slightly curved ; the hind claw as long as the toe. 
The species of this genus are peculiar to the continent of Africa ; where they are found in the neighbourhood of 
rivers. Their food consists of various seeds. 
1. C. sulphurata (Linn.) Swains. Jard.and Selby's 111. Orn. t. lOQ. 
f. 1. — C. albigularis A. Smith, S. African Journ. 1. 48. ? 
2. C. Selbii A. Smith, Rep. S. Afr. Exp. App. p. 50., Jard. and 
Selby's 111. Orn. t. IO9. f. 2 C. cinerea Swains. 
3. C. ruficauda Swains. Two Cent, and a Quarter, p. 317. 
4. C. canicollis Swains. Two Cent, and a Quarter, p. SI 7. 
5. C. striyilata Swains. Two Cent, and a Quarter, p. 317. 
6. C. histrigata Swains. Two Cent, and a Quarter, p. 318. 
7. C. canaria Swains. Two Cent, and a Quarter, p. 318., Webb 
et Berth. Voy. Canar. Ois. t. 2. 
8. C. flava Swains. Two Cent and a Quarter, p. 318. 
9. C. } hypoxantha (Sparr.) Mus. Carls, t. 71' 
10. C. flaviventris (Gmel.) Swains. Briss, Orn. iii. 227. 1. 11. f. 2. 
11. C. chrysopyga Swains. B. of W. Afr. pi. 17. 
Catamblyrhynchus Lafr.* 
Bill very short, the culmen elevated, broad, and curved from the base to the tip, where it is rather 
hooked and entire, the sides much compressed and grooved ; the under mandible very short, thick, and 
with the gonys gradually ascending ; the nostrils basal, lateral, rounded, and partly concealed by the 
frontal feathers. Wings short and rounded, with the four first quills (especially the two first) graduated, 
and the fourth and fifth the longest. Tail long and wedge-shaped. Tarsi much longer than the middle 
toe, and slightly scutellated. Toes long and slender, mth the lateral ones equal, and the hind toe as 
long as the middle one. 
The type is an inhabitant of Santa Fe de Bogota, but the habits of it are at present unknown. 
C. dmdemn Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1842, Mag. de Zool. 1843. t. 34. 
Spermophila Swains.-\ 
Bill much higher than broad, with the culmen arched to the tip, and the sides compressed and some- 
what grooved ; the lateral margins more or less straight, and the lower mandible at the base sometimes 
broader than the upper ; the nostrils basal, lateral, and rounded. Wings short and rounded, with the 
first quill rather shorter than the second ; the second, third, and fourth, nearly equal and longest. Tail 
moderate and rounded. Tarsi shorter than the middle toe, and scutellated. Toes moderate, with the 
lateral ones equal ; the claws long and slightly curved. 
These birds are peculiar to the tropical parts of South America and the West Indies ; where some of the species 
prefer the bushes of the cultivated fields, and arc seen perched on the ends of the small branches ; others frequent the 
shrubs in the neighbourhood of marshy places. Their food consists of small seeds and fruits. Their nest is composed of 
small roots and fibres of plants. 
* Established in the Revue Zoologique, 1842, p. 301., by Baron De Lafresnaye ; it is coequal with the Prince of Canino's genus Biistamentia 
(1844). 
t Established by Mr. Swainson in 1827 (Zool. Journ. iii. p. 34.), and Sporophila (1844) of M. Cabanis is coequal. It probably embraces 
Callirhynchuii (1842) of M. Lesson, 
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