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Upper mandible produced backwards beyond the front line of the bony orbit ; inferior outline of lower mandible straight or nearly so .... 19o Coccothraustinc?, p. 196.

Fig. 50. Skull of Coccothraustes vulgari*. Upper mandible not produced backwards beyond front line of orbit ; inferior outline of lower mandible with a slight re-entering angle ; cutting- edges of upper and lower mandibles everywhere in contact Frinfjillmce, p. 202.

Fig. 51. Skull of Fringilla Calebs. Upper mandible not produced backwards beyond front line of orbit ; inferior line of lower mandible greatly an- gulate; cutting-edges of mandibles

Fig. 52. Skull of Embcriza citrindla. not everywhere in contact, but leaving a gap of greater or less extent Emberiz'uux, p. lM9.