PHINGILLID/E. FRINGILLINjE. 
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Ammodramus, Sw. Bill with the commissure sinuated, 
and the tip slightly indexed. Wings very short, reach- 
ing only to the base of the tail ; the five first quills of 
equal length, and scarcely longer than the secondaries. 
Tail moderate, very slender, and graduated ; the fea- 
thers narrow, lanceolate, and somewhat rigid. Feet 
slender. Lateral toes equal ; hind toe and claw longer 
than the tarsus. Claws very slender, and but slightly 
curved. 
A. caudacnta. Wils. pi. 34. palustris. Wils. pi. 22. f. 1 . ' 
maritima. lb. 34. f. 2. 
Chondestes, Sw. Larkfinch. 
{fig. 263.) Bill resembling 
Passerella, hnt the tip slightly 
inflexed and notched: the ' 
commissure considerably si- 
nuated, and lobed in the 
middle. Wings lengthened, 
ratherpointed; thethreefirst 
quills nearly equal. Tail 
much rounded ; the feathers broad, and the three outer 
graduated. Feet moderate. Hinder toe and claw 
much longer than the lateral toes, whicli are equal. 
C. strigata, Sw. Syn. Mex.; also Bon. Am. Orn. i. pi. S. f. ;i. 
Emberiza. Buntings. BiU conic. Culmen nearly 
straight. Under mandible thicker than the upper, 
which is furnished with an internal knob ; the tip 
with an obsolete notch : the margins of both mandi- 
bles inflexed. Hinder and inner toe of equal length. 
Claws slender, curved. Tarsus and middle toe equal. 
Emherisa, Linn. Wings moderate ; the first quill 
shorter than the four next, wdiich are the longest. 
Tail forked ; the feathers narrow, and somewhat 
lanceolate. Lateral toes unequal, the inner shortest ; 
middle toe lengthened. Europe and America. 
E. schoeniculus. Selby, pi. 52. Canadensis. Wil. ii. 16 3. 
f. 6, 6. pallida. North. Z. it p. 251. 
socialis. Wil. ii. 18. f 5 
Pringillaria, Swains. Bill with upper mandible entire, 
von. n. u 
