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AMERICAN WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. 



PLATE XCIV. 



Loxia leucoptera, GMELIN. BUONAPABTE. 



" falcirostra, PENNANT. FLEMING. 



THE nest is said to be placed on the branches of pine trees, and to 

 be composed of grasses cemented together with earth and lined with 

 feathers. 



The eggs are described as white, marked with yellowish spots. 



J. E. De Capel Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, Oxford, has forwarded 

 me a specimen believed to be of this bird. 



