C0CC0THRAUSTIN7E. 
Guiraca Swains .* 
. BlU lai y e > nearly conical ; both mandibles nearly equal in size, the culmen slightly arched to the 
tip; the sides compressed; the lateral margins nearly straight, but strongly angulated at the base; the 
gonys lengthened and advancing upwards to the tip ; the nostrils basal, lateral, rounded, and partly 
concealed by the frontal plumes. Wings moderate, with the first quill nearly as long as the second, 
w rich with the third and fourth are the longest. Tail lengthened, and slightly rounded. Tarsi as long 
as the middle toe, robust. The Toes long and slender, with the lateral ones unequal, the hind toe as 
long as the outer one and strong ; the claws lengthened and curved. 
tllis §enUS ai r P eculiar T t0 . the continent of America; they are solitary and timid bit 
generally found near swamps, living on Indian corn, millet, and the kernels of several kinds of fruits 
are extremely clear and mellow. 
Their notes 
1. G. ceerulea (L.) Swains. Wilson’s American Ornithology, 
pi. 24. f. 6. 
2. G. ludoviciana (L.) Swains. PI. enl. 153. f, 2. — Loxia rosea 
Wils. Amer. Orn. pi. 17. f. 2. ; Coceothraustes rubricollis Vieill. ■ 
Fringilla punicea Gmel. 
3. G. magnirostris Swains. Class, of Birds, ii. fig. 159. —Loxia 
angolensis Linn. Edwards’s Birds, t. 352. 
4. G. Abeillei Less. Rev. Zool. 1839. 41. 
5. G. tricolor Less. Rev. Zool. 1839.102. 
6 ? G. Regulus (Shaw), Lev, Mus. ii. pi. p. 45. 
Calamoseiza Pr. Bonap. f 
Bill short, robust, compressed ; with the culmen slightly convex, and slightly advanced on the fore- 
head; the sides swollen, the lateral margins nearly straight, but angulated at the base ; the owiys of 
the lower mandible angulated and short ; and the nostrils basal, oval, and nearly hidden by the frontal 
plumes. Wings moderate, with the third quid the longest. Tail moderate and rounded. Tarsi moderate 
and compressed. Lateral Toes equal in length ; the claws long, arched, and compressed. 
Found in America, living in large flocks, and feeding upon the around « While the fWd, ” anwD i\r,. m i 
“is engaged in feeding, the males are frequently observed to rise suddenly to a considerable hdglninthe ah andToisiS 
themselves over their companions, with the wings in constant and rapid motion, they become neaxlv stationniw In thl 
££ ^ ■* *■ -P-tLTaS a minnW 
C. bicolor (Towns.) Pr. Bonap. Aiidub. B. of Amer. pi. 390. f. 2. 3. 
Cardinalis Pr. Bonap. ;j; 
Bill large ; both mandibles nearly equal ; the culmen advancing on the forehead, rounded and arched 
to the tip, which is acute ; the lateral margins sinuated in the middle ; the lower mandible equally strong, 
with the gonys lengthened, and advancing upwards to the tip; the nostrils basal, lateral, rounded, and 
partly concealed by the frontal plumes. Wings moderate and rounded, Avith the first five quills gra- 
duated, and the fifth the longest. Tail lengthened, and rounded at its end. Tarsi the length of the 
middle toe, robust, and strongly scaled. Toes long and robust, the lateral ones unequal ; claws short and 
much curved. 
Mr. Swamson established this division (Phil. Mag. p. 438.) in 1827; in 1837 he changed the name to Coccoborus but I retain the 
f it waTin ISSsTLidofmrd^f ’ mentione f “ his Excursions in Madeira (1825), was probably founded on a species of this genus, 
thesynonyme of Corydall^ °f Europe and N. Amer.) that the Prince of Canino proposed this genus ; in 183 9 Mr. Audubon added 
+ * roposed by the Prince of Canino in 1838. ( Saggio dislr. met. Anim. Vertebr. p. 53.) 
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