. On the natural history and classification of birds . shorter than its toe. Late-ral toes equal. Tail even. Head crested. Tertials notlengthened. M. erythropterus. 111. of Orn. pi. 132. Plectrophanes, Meyer. Bill very conic ; the tip per-fectly entire : the under mandible thickest, with thegeneral structure of Emberiza, Lateral toes nearly straight. Hind toe and claw longer thanthe lateral toes ; the claw much lengthened. Wingslong, pointed. Miliaria, Sw. Bill of Emberiza. Wings moderate,pointed ; the three first quills the longest, and nearlyof equal length. Tarsus short, strong.
. On the natural history and classification of birds . shorter than its toe. Late-ral toes equal. Tail even. Head crested. Tertials notlengthened. M. erythropterus. 111. of Orn. pi. 132. Plectrophanes, Meyer. Bill very conic ; the tip per-fectly entire : the under mandible thickest, with thegeneral structure of Emberiza, Lateral toes nearly straight. Hind toe and claw longer thanthe lateral toes ; the claw much lengthened. Wingslong, pointed. Miliaria, Sw. Bill of Emberiza. Wings moderate,pointed ; the three first quills the longest, and nearlyof equal length. Tarsus short, strong. Middle toemuch lengthened, and longer than the tarsus ; lateraltoes short, perfectly equal. Hinder claw rather shorterthan the toe, and slightly curved. Europeea. Sel. pi. 52. f. 1. citrinella.* lb. f. 2, , Meyer. Bill of Emberiza. Wings * The yellowhammer is, no doubt, an aberrant species, indicating thatthe group between this and our Emberiza, has the upper mandible faintlynotched. This group seems represented by FRINGILLID^S. ALAUDIN^E. 2{Jl long; first quill longer than the second, the restgraduated. Tarsus short. Middle toe and clawmoderate, not longer than the tarsus; lateral toesshort, perfectly equal. Hinder claw as long as its toe ;anterior claws small, and all of them nearly and Europe. P. nivalis. Selby, pi. 52. f. 7. Lapponica. N. Z. ii. pi. , iii. 21. f. 2. picta. lb, ii. pi. 49 Agrophilus, Sw. Bill resem-bling Chondestes; but theupper mandible is entire, andthe base of the culmen faradvanced .between the frontalfeathers. Wings somewhatlengthened; the first quillspurious, and not half so long as the second; fifthand second equal, third and fourth longest. Tailmoderate, slightly rounded. Feet large and toe rather longer than the tarsus; lateral toesequal, but shorter than the hinder. All the clawsstrong, and fully curved, {fig. £64.)A. superciliosus. Riipp. Atlas, pi. 15. West Af. i. 209.
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