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England and, as they are imported in large numbers, have 

 without doubt escaped from captivity. The species is a 

 native of the Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Azores. 



Serinus canicollis. CAPE CANARY. 



Crithagra canicollis Sicainson, An. in Menag. 1837, 

 p. 317 : Cape Colony. 



Serinus canicollis (Swains.*) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. 1888. 

 p. 350 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 178. 



Two examples of this freely imported African bird are 

 noted by Saunders as having been captured in England. 

 It is found throughout South Africa in a wild state, and is 

 frequently caged. 



Loxia leucoptera. WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. 



Loxia leucoptera Gmdin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, 1789, p. 844 : 

 Hudson Bav. 



Loxia leucoptera Gmel. ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 58 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. 1888, p. 443 ; Sounders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 204, 



Examples have been recorded from Worcestershire in 1838, 

 Devonshire in 1845, and near Great Yarmouth in 1870, but 

 it is very doubtful if the bird has occurred in a wild state. 



The White-winged Crossbill breeds in the pine-woods of 

 northern North America from Alaska to Labrador. It 

 wanders south to the central United States in winter. 



Loxia pityopsittacus. PARROT-CROSSBILL. 



Loxia pytyopsittacus Borkhausen, Rhein. Mag. i. 1793, 



p. 139 : Sweden [Hartert]. 



Loxia pityopsittacus Beclist. ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 64. 

 Loxia curvirostra (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. JIT. xii. 1888, 

 p. 435 (part); Saunders, Manual, 2nded. 1899, p. 202 (part.). 



The form of the Crossbill, distinguished under the name 



