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seen with the light and dark green of 

 the hemlock for a background, the 

 fine rose-red color, with the great 

 white wing-patches, showing off to 

 great advantage. I secured two males 

 and a female and as I helieve accurate 

 detailed measurements and careful de- 

 scription are of value to a hird stud- 

 ent, I append the notes. 

 .Measurements of $ 's., all respective; 

 length, 6.44, 6.38 in.; extent, 10.94, 

 10.63 in.; wing, 3.63, 3.44 in.; tail, 2.52, 

 2.48 in.; hill, chord of upper mandible, 

 .63, .64 in.; chord of lower mandible, 

 .49, .51.; tarsus, .62, .63 in.; 1st toe, .34, 

 -34 in.; claw, .40, .39 in.; 2nd toe, .31, 

 ,31 in.; claw, .25, .22 in.; 3rd toe, .44, 

 .47 in.; claw, .36, .32 in.; 4th toe, .31, 

 ,31 in.; claw, .26, .22 in. Measurement 

 ■)t 5 L. 6.23 in.; ext, 10.25 in.; w. 3.38 

 n.; tail, 2.32 in.; ibill chord of upper 

 mandible, .65 in.; chord of lower man- 

 dible, .50 in.;" tarsus, .62 in.; 1st toe, 

 .32 in.; claw, .35 in.; 2nd toe, .31 in.; 

 claw, .22 in.; 3rd toe, .47 in.; claw, .32 

 in.; 4th toe, .31 in.; claw, .22 in. 



Measurement of claw is the chord 

 of the claw, shortest distance from 

 base to tip. 



Description: — Bill, metagnathus in 

 form, the upper mandible long, with 

 the culmen very convex and curving 

 to an acute point; sides of tip of up- 

 per mandible flattened; nostrils bas- 

 al, rounded, and completely covered 

 and protected by thick plumules; low- 

 er mandibles, broad at the base, gonys 

 strongly curved to the tip which is de- 

 flected to the right so that the point 

 of the lower mandible projects above 

 the culmen. Bill, slaty-grey, except 

 along tomia, and around base of the 

 gonys where it is paler. Irides brown. 

 -Tarsus moderately stout shorter than 

 3rd toe with claw; 1st claw, 3rd toe 

 longest; all parts of feet dull (black; 

 wing moderately long, 2nd primary 

 longest, 1st and 3rd nearly equal; tail 

 moderately long, rather deeply fork- 



ed; tail coverts very long. 



Description of $ 's: — Lrores and 

 forehead dusky; head, neck and back 

 deep rose-red, the feathers black be- 

 neath giving a spotted appearance if 

 the feathers do not lie smooth; lower 

 part of back, black; rumps light rose; 

 the upper tail-coverts black, a few of 

 the longest tipped with buff; tail 

 black. Sides of head and auriculars 

 rose-red, a black mark on posterior 

 edge, of auriculars; throat, breast and 

 sides, light rose-red; belly, greyish- 

 white, tinged toward the breast with 

 red; lower tail-coverts black, with a 

 very broad white edging to the feath- 

 ers; wing black; the middle coverts 

 the white about evenly distrib- 

 uted on each feather with large 

 white tips to the feathers; 

 greater coverts with a band of white, 

 the innermost feathers having the 

 most white; the three innermost sec- 

 ondaries also have white tips to the 

 feathers; the white on the coverts of 

 my specimens is strongly tinged with 

 rose, especially on the middle coverts. 



Description of 9 : Forehead grey 

 with tiny spots of black ; crown, nape 

 and upper back, fuscous olive with 

 dark centers to the feathers giving a 

 mottled or spotted appearance; lower 

 back more greenish, the black centers 

 larger giving a dusky appearance; 

 rump bright, yellow ochre; upper tail 

 coverts and tail, exactly as in $ of 

 color. Auriculars brownish-fuscous, 

 dusky on extreme margin; throat and 

 breast ochrous strongly tinged with 

 yellow on the breast, the sides tinged 

 with yellow and with dark centers to 

 the feathers, giving a streaked appear- 

 ance; lower tail coverts and belly as 

 in ^ except that wings have the les- 

 ser coverts strongly tinged with olive- 

 green on outer margins, and the white 

 bands are pure white. 



The American Red Crossbill Loxia 

 curvirostra minor, Brehm, is a rare 



