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obtained in other parts of Scandinavia, Mr. W. C. Hewit- 

 son, in liis notes on tlie Ornitliology of Norway, says, " The 

 Common Crossbills would now and then cross our road through 

 the forest, but in such rapid flight that it required great exer- 

 tion to keep pace with them as they passed from tree to tree, 

 examining the cones of the pines. Of the Parrot Crossbill we 

 obtained two specimens. 



This species has not, that I am aware, been found in 

 North America, although from its high northern geographical 

 range in Europe this might have been expected. It is 

 distinguished from the Common Crossbill by its greater 

 comparative length, its more bulky body, and the much 

 greater thickness of the beak at its base. 



A young bird of the year, in the possession of Mr. John 

 Leadbeater, has the beak of a blackish horn colour ; the head, 

 neck, lower part of the back, and all the under surface of the 

 body, greyish white, thickly streaked longitudinally with dark 

 greyish brown ; the rump, neck, and breast, slightly tinged 

 with yellow ; wing-coverts dark brown, both sets tipped with 

 pale brown ; wings and tail-feathers blackish brown, also 

 tipped with pale brown ; legs lead colour ; claws black. 



An older male, after his first moult, has the head, back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts, the throat, neck, and breast, 

 tile red ; darkest on the back, lightest on the rump ; the 

 feathers of the back and breast still retaining many of the 

 dusky brown streaks which mark the first plumage ; the beak 

 dark brown, the under mandible reddish brown at the base ; 

 the irides hazel ; wings, quill-feathers, and tail, uniform dark 

 brown ; legs, toes, and claws, also dark brown. 



Mr. Bartlett's bird Avas a red male, in the moult when 

 killed, and all the new feathers when coming were of a 

 greenish yellow. 



The female does not at any time diflTer greatly from the 

 young male of the year, before assuming his second suit. 



