194 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 
Hab.—North America generally, coming southward in winter. Resi- 
dent in the Alleghany and Rocky Mountains. (B. B. & RB.) 
Of this species Colonel Wedderburn says: ‘‘A specimen of this bird 
was captured in the dockyard at Ireland Island, January 20, 1850, and got 
quite tame, and lived for several days in my room; but poisoned itself 
by eating part of a composite candle, which it had cut nearly in half 
with its strong bill during the night. I shot three specimens near Mr. 
Ewing’s house, April 5, 1850, and saw a small flock on several occasions 
near Pitt’s Bay, but they were so shy I could not get nearthem. They 
disappeared early in May.” Mr. Bartram has several specimens. On 
November 17, 1874, three were observed on some cedar trees at Pros- 
pect Camp. Two males were shot among some sage bushes, near the 
shore at Warwick, by Gibbs, on the 25th of that month; and another 
male was obtained at Prospect about the same time. These may have 
been the trio originally seen. The stomachs of the two Warwick birds, 
on examination by myself, proved to be crammed with small green 
caterpillars, and contained no trace of seeds. The insectivorous na- 
ture of the Crossbill is not mentioned by Wilson; it is alluded to by Dr. 
Saxby in the “Birds of Shetland.” This species must visit Bermuda 
both going and returning. 
40. Loxia leucoptera, Gm. White-winged Crossbill. 
Loxia leucoptera, Gm., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Nutt., Aud., Gir., Gould, Lawr., 
Finsch, B. B. & R. 
Curvirostra leucoptera, Wils., Bd., and many U. S. authors. 
Loxia falcirostra, Lath. 
Crucirostra leucoptera, Brehme. 
Length, 6.25; wing, 3.50; tail, 2.60. 
Hab.—Northern parts of North America generally; Greenland; Eng- 
land (accidental). (B. B. & RB.) 
A less frequent visitor than the preceding, on its northward journey 
only. A fine male was killed on May 11, 1852, by a boy who had an- 
other in his possession; date unknown. An officer of the Fifty-sixth 
Regiment shot one, a female, at Somerset, in March, 1852. Mr. Bar- 
tram has obtained a pair, male and female. This bird has occurred 
several times in Great Britain, and it is somewhat remarkable that the 
preceding species, C. americana, has not yet paid usa visit. I expect 
it will find its way across the Atlantic some day, and share the fate of 
every unfortunate straggler to our inhospitable shores. 
