PARROT CROSSBILL 



PLATE XCIII. 



Loxia piiyopsittacus, . . . BEWICK. FLEMING. 



THE Parrot Crossbill is now regarded by all recent 

 writers as merely a large stout-billed race of the last 

 species. These larger birds are seldom seen in the British 

 Islands. 



The nest is placed chiefly in lofty forest trees, and is 

 composed of small twigs, lined with dry grass or leaves of 

 the fir tree. 



The eggs are said to be four or five in number, ash- 

 coloured, or bluish white, and spotted with bluish red and 

 dusky at the larger end. 



The Rev. H. B. Tristram has obligingly forwarded to 

 me the egg made use of for the plate. It was obtained by 

 himself at Hennsand, in Sweden. 



