. On the natural history and classification of birds . llaris. Veill. Wilson, militaris. PI. Enl. 19. f. 2. (Jig. 244.) Family FRINGILLID^. Finches. Size generally small. Bill more or less short and conic,not so long as the head, and very thick at its base. Subfam. COCCOTHRAUSTINiE. Hard-Bills. Bill pre-eminently large, strong, and conic; the curv-ature of both mandibles towards the point being more orJess equal: the culmen rarely arched, or bent down atthe tip. Upper mandible either entire, or with a veryslight and almost obsolete notch. FRINGILLIDiE. COCCOTHRAUSTINjE. 277 Coccothraus
. On the natural history and classification of birds . llaris. Veill. Wilson, militaris. PI. Enl. 19. f. 2. (Jig. 244.) Family FRINGILLID^. Finches. Size generally small. Bill more or less short and conic,not so long as the head, and very thick at its base. Subfam. COCCOTHRAUSTINiE. Hard-Bills. Bill pre-eminently large, strong, and conic; the curv-ature of both mandibles towards the point being more orJess equal: the culmen rarely arched, or bent down atthe tip. Upper mandible either entire, or with a veryslight and almost obsolete notch. FRINGILLIDiE. COCCOTHRAUSTINjE. 277 Coccothraustes. Size moderate. Bill very conic. Wings without a small spurious , Sw. Bill enormous, perfectly conic; the two mandibles equal, or the lower somewhat thicker : upper mandible with an obsolete tooth at its base ; the tip entire; the commissure straight. Wings and tail rounded; first quill very small, spurious. The Old World. P. sanguinea. W. Af. i. pi. 9. frontalis. Part 5. No. , Sw. (fig. 245.) Bill very large, almost.
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