6 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 7. N:0 14. 



Wing J^ = 81, tail <^ = 59, bill c? = 8 mm. tarsus J' = 14 mm. 



» $ = 74, » 5 = 60, » $ = 8 » » $ = 13 » 



ScHALOW (Journ. f. Ornith. 1908 p. 216) writes that there 

 is no difference in size between males and females in his 

 collection, but in that he sems to be wrong at least as con- 

 cerns my specimens. As is prooved by the measures given 

 above, the wing of the male is larger than that of the fe- 

 male. The male has also the upper tail-coverts brownish 

 yellow, while in the female they are of a påle yellowish co- 

 lour mixed with gray. The black feathers on the throat are 

 showing a greater extention in the male than in the female. 



10. Loxia curvirostra L. 



J^c? ^V-2 1910 Narin, at a height of 2470 m. 



ö^ juv. i'-^/2 1910 » » » » » 2470 » 

 ¥ 172 1910 » » » » » 2470 » 



Wing c? = 92, Tail ? = 55, Bill J^ = 15, Tarsus ^ --13 mm. 

 » $ =94, » $ =55, » $ = 17, ». ? =14,5 » 

 »c?juv.= 96, »c?juv.= 63, »c?juv. = 14, » ^]uv.= U » 



I have refered the crossbills from Naryn to Loxia cur- 

 virostra L. and not to Loxia curvirostra albiventris Swinh. 

 because they do not at all agree with the discription given 

 by SwiNHOE, who writes : The abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 are white, the latter with large central arrow-liked brown 

 spöts.» RoTSCHiLD mcntious this bird from Issyk kul (Nov. 

 Zool. 1902, p. 166), but perhaps he has made a mistake in the 

 examination. The crossbill has only been found breeding 

 by Merzbacher in Tian Shan and Almåsy only believes 

 him to be found now and then coming from the north. 



Xone of the males in my collection have the red colour 

 that is so characteristic for the crossbills in their breeding 

 season. They are instead yellowish and have no red feathers 

 at all. The young specimen has not the bill bent aside; on 

 the others the mandibles are bent to the right. 



