PASSE RES. 



CROSSBILL 



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LOXIA CUBVIBOSTRA, LillllOGUS.* 



THE CROSSBILL. 

 Lot jit cuwirostra. 



Loxu Linnceu^. Bill hard, strong, thick at the base, mucb npressed 



towards the tip, the lower ridible curving upwards and its pomt crossing that 



,„. theupper mandible. Nostrils round, basal, supernal, hidden by thick pro 



jecting bristly plumes. Wings long, pointed ; the Inst primary very small, the 



* Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 299(1766). t Ims. '■'"'• 



