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lo. LoxiA, f 23. Curvirostra, 299. i. Crossbill. 

 Grosbeak. I Br. Zool. Faun. Am. Sept. 11. The 

 small variety. 



Severn River, N° 27 and 28, 



This bird comes to Severn River the latter end 

 of May, breeds more to the northward, and 

 returns in autumn, in its way to the south, de- 

 parting at the setting in of the frost. The 

 irides in the male are of a beautiful red, in 

 the female yellow : the weight is said to be 

 10 ounces (probably by mistake for i ounce, 

 as it is impossible so small a bird should weigh 

 more), the length is 6 inches, the breadth 10. 



24. Enucleator, 299. 3. Pine Grosbeak. Br. Zool. 



and Faun. Am. Sept. Edw. 123, 124. PI. enl. 



135- f. I- 

 Severn River, N° 29, 30. 



It answers to the descriptions and figures of the 

 ornithologists pretty well; only Edwards's fe- 

 male has the red too bright, which is rather 

 orange in our specimen, on the head, neck, 

 and coverts of the tail. This bird only visits 

 the Hudson's Bay settlements in May, on its 

 way to the north, and is not observed to re- 

 turn in autumn ; its food consists of birch- 

 willow buds, and others of the same nature ; 

 it weighs 2 ounces, is 9 inches long, and 

 13 broad. 



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