46. loxia. 435 



like the back, the throat yellowish, and the whole coloration more 

 dingy. 



Bab. Cameroons Mountains, W. Africa ; Fernando Po. 



a. [ 5 ] ad. sk. Fernando Po. L. Fraser [C.]. . (Type 



of species.) 



b. rf ad. ; c. c? Cameroons Mountains, Sir R. Burton [P.]. 

 imm. ; d,e. 2 7000 feet. 



ad. ; f, y. Juv. sk. 



46. LOXIA. 



Type. 



Loxia, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 299 (1766, pt.) L. curvirostra. 



Crucirostra, Leach, Cat. Mamm. fyc. p. 12 (1816) .... L. curvirostra. 



Curvirostra, Brehm, Ornis, iii. p. 85 (1827) L. curvirostra. 



jOf. Brehm, Naum. 1853, pp. 178-203, 241-256, cum tab. 



Rani/e. The greater portion of the Pakearctic and Nearctic regions, 

 reaching to the Himalayas in the Old World and to Mexico in the 

 New World. 



Key to the Species. 



a. With no white bands on the wings curvirostra and allies, 



pp. 435-439. 



b. With white bands on the wings \ W™™*", P- 442. 



j leucopfera, p. 443. 



1. Loxia curvirostra. 



The Cross-bill, Albin, Nat. Hist. B. i. p. 58, pi. 61 (1738). 



The Cross-bills, cock and hen, Edwards. Gleanings, ii. p. 196, pi. 303 

 (1760). 



Loxia currirostra, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 299 (1766) ; Bechst. Orn. 

 Taschenb. p. 105 (1802; ; Schinz, Voy. Schweiz. p. 68 (1815) ; 

 Temm. Man. i. p. 328 (1820) ; Naum. Voy. Deutschl. iv. Taf. 110. 

 tigs. 1-4 (1824) ; Boiu; Orn. Prov. pis. 70, 71 ; Audub. B. Amer. 

 pi. 197; Werner, Atlas, Granirores, pi. 44 (1827); Less. Traite, 

 p. 451 (1831); Audub. Orn. Bioyr. ii. p. 559 (1834), v. p. 511 

 (1839) ; Jard. ed. JVils. Amer. Orn. ii. p. 37, pi. 31. tigs. 1, 2 

 (c. 1832) ; Gould, B. Eur. iii. pi. 202 (1837) ; Bp. Comp. List B. 

 Eur. $ N. Amer. p. 38 (1838) ; Crespon, Orn. Gard, p. 235 (1840) ; 

 Keys. u. Bias. Wirb. Eur. p. 164 (1840) ; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. 

 Buss. Merid. iii. p. 165 (1840) ; Audub. B. Amer. 8vo, iii. p. 186, 

 pi. 200 (1841); Selys-Lonych. Faune Belye, p. 75 (1842) ; Yarr. 

 Brit. B. ii. p. 15 (1843) ; Schl. Bev. Crib. p. 68 (1844); Giraud, 

 B. Lony Isl. p. 130 (1844) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 388 (1845) ; 

 Blyth, Cat. B. Mas. As. Soc. p. 123 (1849) ; Thomps. B. Irel. i. 

 p. 276 (1849); Bp. Consp. i. p. 527 (1850); id. Sf Held. Monoyr. 

 Lo.viens, p. 5, pi. 6 (1850) ; Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 168 (1850) ; 

 Middend. Beis.Sibir., Zool. p. 154 (1851) ; Ejarb. Orn. Dan. pi. 28/>. 

 fig. 4, pi. 28 c. figs. 7, 8 (1852) ; Licht. Nomencl. Av. Berol. p. 48 

 (1854) ; Schl. Voy. Nederl, pi. 176 ; Hewits. Eyys Brit. B. i. p. 212, 

 pi. 54. figs. 2, 3 (1856) ; Sundev. Svensk. Eoyl. pi. i. figs. 3, 4 

 (1856) ; Jaub. et Barth.-Lapomm. Bic/i. Orn. p. 123 (1859) ; 

 Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 315 ; Schrenk, Bets. Amurl. p. 301 (1859) ; 

 Linderm. Voy. Griechenl. p. 64 (1860) ; Powys, Lbis, 1860, p. 138; 

 Schl. Bier. Nederl. pi. 17. figs. 7, 8, 9 (1861) ; Swinh. En's, 1861, 

 p. 336 ; Gray, List Brit. B. p. 1 10 (18(53) ; Badde, Beis. Sibir., Voy. 



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