PKRCIJING BIRDS 



521. Crossbill. Loxia curvirostra minor. 



Range. — Northern North America, breeding 

 in the Alleghanies and from northern New 

 England northward; winters south to the mid 

 die portions of the United States and casually 

 farther. 



The birds are very cur 

 - .„ ions both in appearance and 



*" t • actions, being ver> "flighty" 



g and restless, and apl to re 

 main to breed on any of the 

 mountains. They build dur 

 ing March or April, making 

 Greenish whit( their nestg G f twigs, rootlet 

 moss, feathers, etc.. and placing them in forks 

 or on branches of trees (usually conifers) at 

 any height from the ground. The eggs are 

 greenish white, spotted with brown and with 

 lavender shell markings; size .75 x .55. 



. 2 I a. Mexican ( !rossbill. 

 tra stricklandi. 



I.o.i in curviros 



Range. — Mountain ranges from central Mexico north to Wyoming. 

 A larger variety of the preceding. The eggs will no1 differ excepl perhap 

 a t ri tie in size. 



>22. White winged Crossbill. Loxia leucoptera. 



Range. — Northern North America, breeding in the Alh 

 ghanies and from northern Maine northward: winter- to 

 middle portions of the United stales. 



This species is rosy red with two white wing liars. Like 

 the last, they are of a roving disposition and are apt to 

 be found in any unexpected locality. Their nesting habits 

 are the same as those of the American Crossbill, but the 

 eggs average larger and the 



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' ; it-, ii ish win te 



markings are more blotchy; size .SO x .55. 

 .97 x .67. 



\iii ii\\ Rosi Finch. Leucosticte 



griseonucha. 

 Range. -Aleutian and Pribilof Islands; south 

 to Kadiak. 



This is the largest of the genus, and can 

 h • distinguished from the others by its verj 

 dark chestnut coloration and the gray hindneck 

 and cheeks, lake the other 

 Leucosticti thej are 



found in Mocks and fre 

 quenl rocky or mountain 

 0U I ounlry. where they 

 are nearly always found 



on the ground. They build 



in crevices among the 



rock in- under ledge t or „„., 



embankments, making the 



ami grasses. Their four or Ave 

 pure white eggs are laid during June. Size 

 .'.it \ .67. Data, St. George i 'amis of the 

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