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WOODLAND BIRDS. 



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No. 48. 



AMERICAN CROSSBILL, 



Genus: Loxia. 



Species: L. curvirostra minor. 



Distribution: 



A resident of northern New England, visiting the southern 

 portions in autumn and winter, rarely at other seasons. 



General Plumage: 



Male, upper and under parts red, wings and tail almost black. 

 Female brownish olive, tinted with yellowish, rump yellow, 

 below paler, streaked. Bill pale, feet dark. Length about 

 6.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A sweet odd song, a chatter, a whistling call note. 



Haunts: 



Coniferous growths. 



