PEINGILLID^. COCCOTHRAUSTlNiE. 277 
CoccoTHRAUSTBS. Size moderate. Bill very conic. 
Wings without a small spurious quill. 
Pyrenestes, Sw. Bill enormous, perfectly conic ; the 
two m?indibles equal, or the lower somewhat thicker : 
upper mandible with an obsolete tooth at its base ; 
the tip entire ; the commissure straight. Wings 
and tan rounded ; first quill very small, spurious. 
The Old ATorld. 
P. sanguinea. W. Af. i. pi. 9. frontalis. Part 5. No. 116. 
Coceoborus, Sw. (fig. 245.) BiU very large, almost 
perfectly conic ; the two mandibles equal ; the upper 
sinuated in the middle, the tip rather exceeding that 
of the lower, and with a very slight notch : com- 
missure sinuated. Wings and tail more or less 
rounded ; the first quill nearly as long as the second. 
America only. 
C. cserulea. Wilson, pi. 24. f. 6. 
Coccothraustes, Briss. Bill very large, rather imper- 
fectly conic ; the upper mandible much thicker than 
the under; the tip entire; the commissure simply 
arched, without undulations. Wings long ; the first, 
second, and third quills nearly equal. Tail short, 
more or less forked. Northern America, Europe, 
and temperate Asia. 
C. Europajus, Selby, pi. 55. f. I * vespertina. N.Z.ii. pl.68. 
Spermophaga, Sw. Bill moderate, conic, but rather 
lengthened ; upper mandible thicker than the under ; 
the tip entire ; the commissure sinuated. Wings and 
tail much rounded; the first quill fully developed, 
hut only half as long as the fifth. Africa. 
S. cyanorynchus. West. Af.i. 164. Vieil.Ois.Cliant.pl.67, 68. 
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