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Loxia curvirostra. CROSSBILL*. 



Loxia curvirostra Linnams, Syst. Nat, 1758, p. 171: 

 Sweden. 



Loxia curvirostra Linn. ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 57 (part.) ; 

 SJiarpe, Cat. Birds B. H. xii. 1888, p. 435 (part.) ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 201 (part.). 



Curvirostra = witl\ a curved beak, from curvus and rostrum. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Winter Visitor from 

 the Continent; irregular in its appearance and varying in 

 numbers, being occasionally remarkable J'or its abundance, 

 as in 1909, when it appeared as early as mid-June. Some 

 years, especially those following great invasions, a number 

 remain to breed in Great Britain. In Ireland it is a resident 

 and has greatly increased as a breeding species of recent 

 years. 



General Distribution. The typical form of the Crossbill 

 breeds throughout the greater part of Europe and northern 

 Asia. In autumn and winter it moves sporadically in 

 large numbers, spreading to the west and south. In Spain, 

 north-west Africa, the Balearic Isles, and Cyprus, more or 

 less closely allied forms occur ; as also in central Asia, the 

 Himalaya, Japan, the Philippines, and North America. 



Loxia curvirostra scotica. SCOTTISH CROSSBILL. 



Loxia curvirostra scotica Hartert, V6g. pal. Faun. i. 

 1904, p. 120 : Ross-shire, Scotland. 



Scotica Scottish. 



Distribution. Resident. Nests in the pine-woods of the 

 Scottish Highlands. In winter it sometimes wanders from 

 its northern native haunts and appears in the Lowlands, even 

 in the most southern counties of Scotland. 



Loxia pityopsittacus is not regarded ae distinct, see Appendix. 



