PASSE RES. 



CROSSBILL. 



187 

 FRINGILLID.E. 



LoxiA cuRviROSTRA, Liiiiiseus.* 

 THE CROSSBILL. 



Loxia citrvirostra. 



LoxiA, Limiwu&f.—BiW hard, strong, thick at the base, much compressed 

 towards tlie tip, the lower mandible curving upwards and its point crossing that 

 of the upper mandible. Nostrils round, basal, supernal, hidden by thick pro- 

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



Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 299 (1766). 



f Lor. cit. 



