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WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. 



PLATE XCIV. 



Loxia leucoptera, GMELIN. BUONAPARTE. 



Loxia fakirostra, PENNANT. FLEMING. 



nest is said to be placed on the branches of 

 pine trees, and to be composed of grasses ce- 

 mented together with earth and lined with feathers. 



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. 



J. R. De Capel Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, 

 Oxford, has forwarded me a specimen believed to be 

 of this bird. 



VOL. II. 



