  This study revisits the issue of the extraction of estimates for the masses
and for the partial decay widths to two pions of the scalar-isoscalar
$I^G\,(J^{PC}) = 0^+\,(0^{++})$ and vector-isovector $I^G\,(J^{PC}) =
1^+\,(1^{--})$ mesons below $2$ GeV, from the data contained in the recent
compilation by the Particle Data Group.
