( 43 ) 
2. Parus, Titmice. 
Beak slender, short, 
conical, straight. Fig. 
70. 
a. Parus proper. 
b. Moustaches. 
The end of the supe- 
rior mandible curving 
on the other. 
c. Remiz. 
Beak more shm and 
pointed. 
Small hairs at the 
base of the beak, and 
the nostrils hidden by 
feathers. 
Display great art in 
forming their nests, in 
the shape of purses or 
bottles. 
3. Emberiza, Lin, Bun- 
tings. 
Beak conical, short, A projecting, hard, 
straight, superior man- tubercle in the palate, 
dible narrower, enter- 
ing within the inferior. 
Fig. 72. 
4. Fringilla, Lin. 
Beak conical, more or 
less large at the base, 
but the commissure not 
angular. 
a, Ploceus, Cuv. Tisse- 
RiNs. Weavers. 
Beak as large as in 
the Cassicans, but the 
commissure straight and 
the superior mandible 
slightly swelled. Fig. 79. 
The greater part of 
those of the Old Conti- 
nent make their nests 
with much art, inter- 
lacing sprigs of herbs (1 ) . 
b. Pyrgita, Cuv. 
Beak shorter, and a 
little swelled towards 
the point only. Fig. 
(I) The nest of the Toucnam Courvi (Loxia Philipplna) is suspended, in the form 
of a ball, with a vertical canal, open underneath, which communicates sideways 
with the cavity containing the young. 
