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FRINGILLIDJE. 



GENUS CXLIV.— ARREMON, Vieillot. 



Rostrum mediocre, subro- 

 bustum, conico-convexum, 

 marginibus intern^ cur- 

 vatis, apice arcuatum. 



Jiemex prima septima bre- 

 vier. 



Pyrgita (pars) Cuvier. 



Beak moderate, somewhat 

 robust, conic-convex, the 

 edges internally curved, 

 its tip arcuated. 



Fii'St quill shorter than the 

 seventh. 



Sp. 1. Ar. silens. "^1011^' 



Tanagra silens. Sieph. v. x. 469. Desmar. Hist. Nat, 

 Tan, S^c. pi, 38, 39, 40.— Guiana. 



GENUS CXLV.—PIPILO, Vieillot. 



Rostrum basi crassum, ro- 

 bustum, supr^ convexum, 

 apice curvatum : mandi- 

 hula superior margines in- 

 Jerioris tegens. 



Beak thick at the base, ro- 

 bust, convex above, curved 

 at the tip : the upper man- 

 dible covering the edges of 

 the lower. 



Sp. 1 . pi. erythrophtjialmu, 



Emberiza erythrophthalpia. Steph. v, ix. p, 414.— Inhabits 

 North America. 



STIRPS H— ALAUDINA, Vigors. 



These birds are plainly, but not inelegantly co- 

 loured, the usual tone of their plumage being brow^n 

 of various shades, with the edges of the feathers 

 palest, giving it a spotted appearance : they feed upon 

 seeds and insects, and nidificate in hedges, or on the 

 ground. They are chiefly natives of the temperate 



