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winter in Belgium, England, Bavaria, &c. But 
little appears to be known of its habits. It is oc- 
casionally taken in Scandinavia, and is not unfre- 
quently seen in central Sweden among the Cross- 
bills; butit has a different call note and a different 
song. 
CR OS 8.b 1b te 
AMERICAN WHITE-WINGED. 
Loxta LEvcorrera, Gmelin. 
This little bird is more diminutive than a Spar- 
row. Its beak is small and very much compressed, 
the points slender and elongated. The plumage 
of the adult males is of a brilliant crimson, and 
the tail, whichis greatly forked, black, the feathers 
having little or no bordering. 
This species appears to be rather numerous in 
North America, frequenting the pine swamps and 
forests, and feeding almost exclusively on the 
seeds of these trees, together with a few berries. 
Its nest, which it builds on the limb of a pine, 
towards the centre, is composed of grasses and 
earth lined with feathers. The female lays five 
eggs with a white ground spotted with yellow. 
Only one or two White-winged Crossbills, which 
have been recognized as belonging to this parti- 
cular species, have been taken in England. 
