LOXIA. 225 



Loxia pityopsittacus, Borlch. 



Loxia pityopsittacus, Thicn. Fortpftanz. yes. Voq. tab. xxxvi. fig 1 . 17 a, b 



(184o-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab! 76. fig. 12 (1855-63) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 121 (1872); Rey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. 



p. 310, pi. 42. fig. 25 (1900) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 340 



(1902) ; Newton, Ootheca Wolleyana, pt. ii. p. 430 (1902) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 270 (1909). 

 Loxia cuvvirostra, Seebohm, Eyas of Brit. Birds, p. 234, pi. 56. fig. 2 



(1896). 

 Loxia pytyopsittaeus, Hartert, Yog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 122 (1904) ; 



Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 79, pi. 12. fig. 25 (1906). 



The eggs of the Parrot-Crossbill resemble those of L. carvirostra 

 both in size and colour. 



i>. Sweden. Gould Coll. 



2. Sweden (H. Wheel ID right}. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Wermland, 8th M&rch \Meves). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Wermland, 20th March (Meves). Seebohm. Coll. 

 4. Wermland, 27th March (Meves). Seebohm Col). 

 :>. Wermland, 13th April (Meres). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Wermland, 27th March. W. Radcliffe Saunders. Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. Wermland, 18th Feb. (Nilsson). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Carlstad, Wermland (H. W.: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.} 



4. Nerike, Sweden, 30th March. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Loxia bifasciata (Brehm). 



Loxia bifasciata, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 37, pi. 19 (1884) ; id., Eggs 

 of Brit. Birds, p. 234, pi. 56. fig. 3 (1896) ; Rey, Eier Vog. Mittel- 

 europ. p. 314. pi. 124. fig. 18 (1900) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. 

 p. 343 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 270 (1909). 



Loxia leucoptera bifasciata, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 123 (1904) ; 

 Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 81 (1906). 



Eggs of the Two-barred Crossbill are similar to those of 

 L. curvirostra but somewhat smaller. They measure from '8 to -89 

 in length, and from '56 to '6 in breadth. 



4. Archangel, N. Russia, 2nd April. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Archangel, 20th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



3. Archangel, 14th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



12. Petropavlovsk, Kamtchatka, W. Radcliffe Saunderg, Esq. 



26th June. [P.]. 



Loxia leucoptera, Gmel 



Loxia leucoptera, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 443 (1888) ; Ridgw. 



. 53 (1901) ; Dresser, Mai " ' 

 Hand-l. v. p. 271 (1909). 



* *V/U.\^V7 LI f^J.ttj ^7/C/U / /'<--* V_/t*t/ J^ft/l 1*0 J~f . 



Birds North Sf Middle Amer. i. p. 53 (1901) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. 

 Birds, pt. i. p. 342 (1902) ; Sharpe, j 



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