WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL 



PLATE XCIV. 



Loxia leucoptera, . . . GMELIN. BUONAPARTE. 

 Loxia falcirostra, . . . PENNANT. FLEMING. 



THE White-winged Crossbill of North America has on 

 a few occasions occurred in Great Britain. It is 

 generally regarded by recent writers as identical with the 

 Two-barred Crossbill of the north of Europe (Loxia bifa- 

 sciata), small flocks of which have occasionally occurred in 

 the eastern counties. 



Very little is known of the incubation of this bird, but 

 the nest has been described as composed of lichens, spruce 

 twigs, coarse hairs, and shreds of fane bark ; it is placed on 

 the branches of pine trees. 



The eggs, five in number, are described as white, 

 marked with yellowish spots ; otherwise, as pale blue with 

 fine dots of black and lilac grey. 



