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AMPELINiE. 
Bottle Tom. Bottle Tit. Long-tailed Mag. Huck-muck, 
Poke-pudding. Mum-riiffin. 
Parus caudatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 342. — Parus caudatus^ 
Temm. Man. d^Ornith. i. 296. — Mecistura longicaudata^ Long» 
tailed Muiflin, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, ii. 454. 
FAMILY XXII. AMPELIN^. AMPELINE 
BIEDS, OE CHATTEEEES. 
The family of Piprinse, of which we have no represen- 
tatives in Britain, is closely allied to that of Parinse on 
the one hand, and on the other to the Ampelinse, of which 
only a single species occurs accidentally with us. 
In their general form the Ampelinse are rather full 
and compact, with the neck short, the head oblong, and 
of moderate size. Bill shorter than the head, broad at 
the base, and having a triangular form when viewed from 
above ; upper mandible with the dorsal line decurved, the 
ridge narrow, the edges direct, the notches small, but dis- 
tinct, the tip small and deflected ; lower mandible smaller, 
with the angle wide, the dorsal line slightly convex, the 
edges rather inflected, the tip very narrow. Feet small ; 
tarsi generally short ; toes small or moderate, the first 
strongest, and considerably larger than the lateral, of 
which the outer is a little longer, the soles flattened ; 
claws of moderate size, well curved, compressed, laterally 
grooved, very acute. Plumage soft and blended ; wings 
of moderate length, or rather long, with nineteen quills ; 
tail short or moderate, of twelve feathers. 
The Ampelinse are chiefly natives of warm climates, 
especially of those of America. Their food consists of 
soft fruits and insects ; but their habits are little known. 
From the width of their mouth and the triangular form 
of their bill, as well as their small feet, they might per- 
haps be as well referred to the Myiotherinse as to the 
Cantatrices. 
