32 PARROT CROSSBILL. 



PARROT CROSSBILL. 



PLATE XCIII. 



Loxia pityopsittacus, BEWICK. FLEMING. 



Loxia curviroslra major, (as a variety?) GMELIN. LATHAM. 



rriHE 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. 



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. 



