FRINGILLIDA:—CROSSBILLS. je 
Genius PINICOLA. 
PINE GROSBEAK. xX 
Pinicola enucleator (277). 
Adult Male: Lores black; rest of head vermilion ; 
feathers of back and scapulars greyish-black, margined broadly 
with red ; 7wmp and upper tail-coverts showing almost entirely 
ved; wings greyish-black narrowly margined with whitish ; 
primaries show a tinge of red on margins of outer web ; wing- 
coverts broadly edged and tipped with white; tail greyish- 
black, with narrow pale margins, and showing a shade of red at 
base ; feathers of wader parts vermilion, grey at bases ; shading 
into grey on abdomen ; bill dark brown, paler at base beneath ; 
legs, feet and irides dark brown. Length 8-5 inches ; culmen 
0°55; wing 4°3; tail 3°6; tarsus o°8. 
Adult Female: Head, ear-coverts, rump and upper 
tail-coverts rich yellow with greenish tinge ; back and scapulars 
slate-grey washed with green; wing feathers greyish-black, 
edged and tipped with white ; tail feathers greyish-black, most 
green margined ; beneath ashy-grey, tinged on fore-parts with 
greenish-yellow ; bill orange-brown ; legs and feet dark brown. 
Young: Very similar to adult female but less yellow on 
back and generally duller in colour. In young males the 
breast is somewhat yellower, with occasionally a few red fea- 
thers on the crown. 
Distribution: Resident in the arctic portions of both Pale- 
arctic and Nearctic Regions. Of casual occurrence in Great 
Britain. | 
Habitat: Conifer woods and also occasionally deciduous 
groves. 
Genus LOXIA. 
CROSSBILE,. 
Loxia curvirostra zz. 
Adult Male: Prevailing colour dull crimson, clearer on 
chest and paler on rump, shading into white towards the vent ; 
wings and tail brown, narrowly margined with dull reddish- 
brown; under tail-coverts white, centrally marked with dark 
