KRINGILLID^. PYRBIIULIN^. 
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and obtuse. Nostrils baisal, lateral, partly closed by a 
membrane covered witb tbe frontal feathers. Tarsus 
longer than the middle toe. Lateral toes equal , all 
the toes divided to their base. Wings with the first 
quill wanting’*^ y the second slightly shorter than the 
third. {Tern. Manuel, 7L) 
L. psittacia. Lath. Syn. 3. pi. 42. 
CoRYTHUS, Cuv. Upper mandible projecting and curving 
over the tip of the lower. Tarsus much shorter than 
the middle toe, hut longer than the hind toe. Lateral 
toes unequal, the inner shortest. Claws slender, 
attenuated, acute, and not much curved. Tail broacl, 
and slightly forked. 
C. enucleator. N. Zool. pi. S3. 
Haimoriiocs, Sw. Bill rather more lengthened than in 
' Pi/rrAuto ; the commissure sinuated. M'ings length- 
ened, pointed. Tail forked. Feet short, robust. 
Middle toe much longer than the tarsus ; inner toe 
rather shorter than the outer. Claws short, and fully 
curved , the hinder shorter than its toe. America. 
H. purpureus. Wils. i. 7. f. 4. frontalis. Bon. Am. Or. i. 
Loxia, Linn. Bill somewhat lengthened, much com- 
pressed. Under mandible crossed at its tip over the 
extremity of the upper ; the tips of both entire. 
Nostrils defended by incumbent setaceous feathers. 
Wings long, pointed ; the first quiU longest. Tail 
very short, forked. Tarsus very short. Toes and claws 
large, robust ; lateral toes short, unequal, the outer 
longest j hinder toe longer than the tarsus. All the 
claws fully curved. 
L. pinetorum. (Meyer). Selby, curvirostra. Edw. SOS. 
pi. S3**, f. 1. leiicoptera. Wils.iv.Sl. f.S. 
Family MUSOPHAGIDjE. Plantain-enters. 
Bill short : upper mandible high ; the culmen arched ; 
the margins either serrated or entire : the under man- 
* Ire T^mige nulle — Tern. This requires explanation, but we hare 
not a specimen of this exceedingly rare bird. 
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