146 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



CONN. — Common summer and uncommon winter resident. 

 Eggs, June; July 22 (2d brood). 



273. Loxia curvirostra minor (Brehm) Ridgway. 



American crossbill; Red crossbill; Screwbill. 



Ridgway, Bull. 50, U. S. nat. mus., 1901, pt. 1, p. 47. 

 Crucirostra minor Brehm, Xaumannia, 1S53, p. 193. "der 



NORDAMERIKANISCHEN FREISTAATEX." 



Loxia curvirostrata Linne. Audubon, Ornith. biogr., 1835, vol. 

 2, p. 559, pi. 197. Egg, Capen, 18S6, pi. S, figs. 1, 2. 

 Coniferous forests; nests in trees. 



Me., N. H. — Resident, nomadic and irregularly abundant. 

 Nests from Jan. -Oct. 



Vt. — Irregular at all seasons, but commonest in winter; breeds 

 occasionally. Eggs, Feb., Mar. 



Mass. — Irregularly common winter visitor, and occasional at 

 all seasons; nests rarely (Framingham, 1884; Highland Light, 

 April, 1889; Tyngsborough, Aug., 1875). 



R. I. — Irregularly common winter visitor, and occasional at 

 other seasons; not known to breed. 



Coxx. — Irregular winter visitor, sometimes common. Oct. 

 7-spring. 



274. Loxia leucoptera Gmelin. 

 White-winged crossbill. 



Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. S44. "ix sixu Hud- 

 soxis & Noveboraco." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, vol. 3 

 p. 190, pi. 201. 



Coniferous forests; nests in trees. 



Me. — Uncommon resident of northern part; elsewhere an 

 irregular visitor. Nest, June. 



