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PARROT CROSSBILL. 



PLATE XCIII. 



Loxia pityopsittacus, BEWICK. FLEMING. 



" curvirostra major, (as a variety?) GMELIX. LATHAM. 



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. 



One is grounded with very pale bluish grey with a few small red 

 spots, chiefly about the larger end. 



A second is also of a very light pale bluish grey, with a band of 

 bright red spots at the broad end, and a few others scattered about. 



The young are hatched after a fortnight's incubation. 



