346 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. 



as a North American species. We add a de- 

 scription and measurements of our own specimen 

 for comparison with others. 



Length, so far as we can measure from the 

 stuffed specimen, about six inches and a quarter ; 

 length of the wing, from the tip of the shoulder, 

 four inches one-eighth ; length of the tarsus one 

 Inch. The whole plumage is of a yellowish crimson 

 red, shading into gray on the flanks, and centre 

 of the belly and vent, more brilliant on the rump, 

 and on the centre of the back having the base of 

 the feathers dark ; the wings are umber brown, 

 the feathers narrowly edged with greenish yellow. 

 This specimen was used by Mr Bewick and Mr 

 Selby for their figures and descriptions. 



WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, LOXIA LEUCOP- 



TERA L. falcirostra, Penn. White-winged 



Crossbill of British authors. The first noticed 

 specimen of this distinct Crossbill was shot 

 within two miles of Belfast, in 1802. Since, a 

 very few instances are on record of specimens 

 occurring in England, while its claim to a place 

 :n the Scottish list rests on a specimen mentioned 

 by Pennant, which, " he was told," had been 

 killed in Scotland. In Europe, it seems confined 

 nearly to the northern parts, and is seen there 

 very rarely. It was omitted by Temminck in the 

 second edition of his Manual, and seems only to 

 have been noticed by the more recent ornitholo- 

 gists. It is supposed also to migrate or extend 



