Class II. CROSS-BILLED. 



319 



591, 



Loxia. Ge/ner a'v. 

 Aldr. a'v. I. 426. 

 Shell -apple, or Crofs-bill. 



W^il. or 71. 248. 

 Rail Jyn. a<v. ^6, 

 Charlton ex. yj, 

 Ed-iv. a'v. 303. 

 Cat. Carol, app. 37. 

 Le Bec-croife. BriJ/bn av. III. 



329. tab. ij.fg. 3. 



Loxia curviroftra. Lin, fyft, 



KoriTnafF, Kinlgelrifvare. 



Faun. Suec. Jp. 224. Sco- 



poli. No. 2CO. 

 Krumbfchnabl, Kreutzvogej. 



Kram. 365. 

 Kreutz-Schnabel. Frifch^l.n. 

 Nor-ueg. Kors-Nsb. Kors-fugL 



Br. 238. 

 Br, Zool. 106. plate U. f. 2. 



115. Cross- 

 billed. 



THERE are two varieties of this bird : Mr. 

 Edwards has very accurately figured the 

 lefTer, which we have feen frequently : the other 

 is very rare. We received a male and female out 

 of Shropjhire^ which were fuperior in fize to the 

 former, the bill remarkably thick and fhort, more 

 encurvated than that of the common kind, and 

 the ends more blunt. 



Thefe birds, like the former, are incondant vi- 

 fitants of this ifland : in Germany and Switzerland^ 

 they inhabit the pine forefts, and breed in thofe 

 trees fo early as the months of January and Febru- 

 ary, They feed on the feeds of the cones of pines , 

 and firs •, and are very dexterous in fcaling them, 

 for which purpofe the crofs {Iruc^lure of the lower 

 mandible of their bill is admirably adapted •, they 

 feed alfo on hemp feed, and the pips or kernels 



* Ge/ner 59. Kramer Elench, 365, 



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