CROSSBILLS 381 



Fam. LOXIIDiE. 



PARROT CROSSBILL. Loxia pityopsittacus, Bechstein. 

 PI. 11, figs. 5, 6. Length, 6-5 in.: bill, O'S in.; 

 3-9 in. ; tarsus, 075 in. 



Hah. Northern Europe and Western Siberia. 



One, Shropshire: Pennant, "Brit. ZooL," 1776, p. 106. 

 One, Blytliburgh, Suffolk, 1818 : Rev. Leonard Jenyns. In 



the University Museum, Cambridge. 

 One, Tooting, Surrey, winter 1831 : Blyth, Field Kat, 



vol. i. pp. 130, 354. 

 Two, Ross-shire, 1833 : Gray, " Birds of West of Scotland," 



p. 154'. Figured by Selby. 

 Two, Caithness: Osborne, Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edinb., 



vol. ii. p. 341. 

 One, New Forest, autumn 1835 : Blyth, ed. White's 



"Selborne," p. 160, note. 

 Nine, Dartmoor, 1838: Rowe, "List of Birds of Devon," 



p. 27 ; D'Urban and Mathew, " Birds of Devon," p. 72. 

 One, Lymington, Hants, March 1842. In the collection of 



the late F. Bond. 

 Several, Edwinstowe, Notts, 1849 : Sterland, " Birds of 



Sherwood Forest," p. 126. 

 One, Harrow, Middlesex, Jan. 1850 : Newman, ZooL, 1850, 



p. 2770 ; Harting, "Birds of Middlesex," p. 92. 

 One, Riddlesworth Hall, Norfolk : Stevenson, " Birds of 



Norfolk," vol. i. p. 239. 

 One, Saxham, Suffolk, Nov. 1850: Newton, ZooL, 1851, 



p. 3145. In the Cambridge Museum. 

 Several, Breamore, Hants, Nov. 1855 : Wise, "New Forest," 



1867, p. 315. 

 One, Bognor, Sussex, Nov. 1859 : ZooL, 1859, p. 6329. 

 Three near Epping, Sept. 1861 : Doubleday, ZooL, 1861, 



p. 7759 ; Christy, " Bhds of Essex," p. 126. 

 One, Sizewell Belts, Suffolk, Nov. 1861. In collection 



of the late N. F. Hele, of Aldeburgh, Ipswich Museum. 



