XL I. CKOSSBILL. 



(Loxia curvirostra.) 



THE Crossbill is to be found in the North of Scotland. These 

 birds were obtained in winter at Kuthven, in Forfarshire. The 

 three birds were killed at one shot while climbing about in 

 various attitudes in a larch tree. They varied considerably in 

 colour, some being much tinged with red, some with green. The 

 beaks are very peculiar, and seem to answer their purpose admir- 

 ably in enabling the bird to extract the seeds from fir cones. 



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