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 CEOSSBILL, PARROT. 



LOXIA PITYOPSITTACUS, Temm. 



The Parrot Crossbill is distinguished from the 

 Common Crossbill by its greater length, its more 

 bulky body, and a greater thickness of the beak 

 at the base. It breeds in Germany, in the same 

 localities as the species just described. In its habits 

 and manners it resembles the Common Crossbill, 

 and like it inhabits the pine forests of the more 

 northern countries, but as a species is rarer, few 

 specimens having been obtained, particularly in 

 this country, in which it has not been known to 

 breed. The eggs, four or five in number, are 

 similarly marked, but rather larger. 



CROSSBILL, EUEOPEAN. 

 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. 



LOXIA LETJCOPTERA, Temm. 



This species is rather larger than a Sparrow. Its 

 beak, which is almost as large as that of a Common 

 Crossbill, is less compressed than the same part in 

 the American bird, the points less crossed, and the 

 over-end less elongated. The tail also is less forked. 

 The plumage of the male is usually of a dull brick 

 red, and the tail feathers are more distinctly bor- 

 dered with yellow. This bird has been observed 



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