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FRIXGILLID^E. 



IN8BSSORE& 



CONIROSTRES. 



FRINGILLIDM. 



THE WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. 



Loxla leucoptera. 



Lariafalcirostra, White-winged Oros&M, PENX. Brit ZooL vol. i. p. 428. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 76. 



leucoptera, JENYNS, Brit Vert. p. 143. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. iv. 



EYTON, Rarer Brit. Birds, p. 21. 



Bec-croise leucoptere, TEMM. Sup. Man. d'Ornith. vol. iii. p. 243. 



THE WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL was first described by 

 Dr, Latham in the third volume of his General Synopsis, 

 page 108, but without bestowing upon it, at that time, any 

 systematic name : the specimens were received from North 

 America ; like the two Crossbills already described, this 



