Order II. PASSERES. 
Tribe IV, Conirostres. 
Family IV. Frtngilllda:. 
The second Subfamily, 
COCCOTPIRAUSTINfE, or Hawfinches, 
have the Bill large, short, strong, conic, and very broad at the base ; the culrnen and gonys more or less 
equally curved to the tip ; the lateral margins more or less angulated at their base ; the Wings lengthened 
aud more or less pointed ; the Tail in general short ; the Tarsi as long as, or shorter than, the middle toe, 
r °hust and strongly scaled; and the hind Toe as long as, or rather shorter than, the inner one, and strong. 
Spermospiza.* 
^moderate, conic, rather lengthened; upper mandible thicker than the lower, with the sides com- 
pressed, the culrnen advancing on the forehead and rounded, the lateral margins smuated and slight y 
an gulated at the base ; the gonys lengthened and advancing upwards to the tip ; and the nostrils basa , 
la teral, rounded, and partly concealed by the frontal plumes. Wings short, rounded, with the first qui 
half the length of the second, the second to the sixth graduated, and the latter the longest. Tail engt 1- 
en ed, and much rounded. Tarsi as long as the middle toe. Toes moderate, the lateral ones equal, the 
fiiud toe longer than the inner one ; all armed with moderate, and curved claws. 
Tile type is peculiar to Western Africa. 
S - tematina (Vieill.) Ois. Chant, pi. 67. - Loxia guttata Vieill. Ois. Chant. P L 68. ; Spermophaga cyanorhynchus Swains. Jard. and 
Sel Vs 111. Ora. n. •. pi. 11. 
Pyrenestes Swains. \ 
hill very large and strong, perfectly conic ; lower mandible rather thicker than the uppei ; the cub 
straight or arched, advancing on the forehead, broad and flattened at the base, the sides compresse , tie 
lat eral margin straight, with an obsolete tooth at its base on each side ; the gonys of the lower mandible 
^-Ugthened, and advancing upwards to the tip; the nostrils basal, lateral, rounded, and partly coi c ' 
W the frontal plumes. Winqs moderate, rounded, with the first quill very small, and the fourth ana 
fifth longest. Tail lengthened and rounded. Tarsi shorter than the middle toe, 10 ust, an s g y 
scaled. The Toes long and robust, the outer ones nearly equal, and the hind toe longer an 1 
armed with long and curved claws. 
Their food consists principally 
of They are inhabitants of the forests in the southern and western portions of Africa. 
ei ’iies and other small fruits. 
S w 
t. P. 
’tins. 
1 and other small fruits 
ostrina (Vieill.) Vieill. Ois. Chant, t. 48. — P. sanguinea 
2 P. albifrons (Vigors), Proc. Z. S. 1831. 92. -P. frontalis 
Swains. A. Smith, 111. S. Afr. Zool. pi. 61, 62. 
heel The 0ri 8* I| al name of this division was Spermophaga, given by Mr. Swainson {Class, of Birds, n. p. 277.) in 1837 I but which, having 
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Previously employed, was changed hy me to the above in 1840. 
he above generic appellation was given in 1837 by Mr. Swainson {C a 
s. of Birds, ii. p. 277-)- 
