PRINOILLIDiB. OOCCOTHBAUSTIN^. TANAGBIN^. 28 I 
taxsus, which is equal with the hind toe ; lateral 
toes short, equal. Anterior claws small ; hinder one 
long ; aU slender. Europe, Africa, America. 
C.Europffius. Selby, pl.S5.f.819. Americanus.Wils.pl.I.f.S. 
Lin ABiA, Briss. Bill very short, conic, thick at the base ; 
the sides of the upper mandible rather gibbous ; the 
margins indexed. Commissure not sinuated. . Wings 
long, pointed. Tail forked. Feet short. Tarsus 
shorter than the middle toe. Lateral toes equal ; 
hinder toe nearly as long as the tarsus. 
Linaria. Linnets. Claws very slender, slightly curved, 
and much lengthened. The hinder toe of equal 
length with the claw. 
li. canabina. Selby, i. ph 55. f. 3.4. 
Leucosticte, Sw. Bill tumid. Commissure regularly 
curved. Wings much lengthened. Tarsus lengthened, 
slender. Hind claw very long. 
L. tcphrocotis. N. Z. pi. SO. 
Chhris. Greenfinch. Bill larger and stronger: the 
commissure straight. Claws smaller, and more curved. 
C. flavigaster. Selby, i. pi. 54. f. 3. 
SuBFAM. TANAGKINiE. Tanagers. 
BiU unequally conic ; the upper maqdible more or less 
arched, and very distinctly notched. Feet formed for 
perching. Claws broad, and fully curved. 
Tardivola, Sw. Bill length- 
ened,conic, somewhat slender; 
the sides not gibbous ; the 
commissure slightly or not at 
all sinuated. Wings very 
short ; the first quill shorter 
than the four next, which are 
equal and longest. Tail 
lengthened, cuneated or gra- 
duated. Feet large. Tarsus and toes long. Outer 
toe rather shorter than the inner. Claws slender, 
slightly curved, {fig. 250.) 
T. sphenura. PI. Col. pi. IH. f. 2. (a) 
