428 WHITE WINGED CROSSBILL. Class IL 



4. White Loxia falcirostra. L. rostrofor- Loxia leucoptera. Gm. Lin. 



WINGED. ficato, corpore croceo-cocci- 844. 



neo, alls nigris fasciis duabus Dandm.'ii. 3bd,. - ■ 



albis, remigibus secunda- Lin. Tr. vii. SOQ. 



riis apice albis, cauda nigra. Crossbill var. Arct. Zool. ii. 



Lath. Lid. orn. 37 1 • id. Syn. 32. 



iii. 108. id. Sup. i. 148. Dixo?is Voy. PI. ii. p. 356. 



female. 



" XHIS bird is a common species in North 

 America. Mr. Hutchins found it frequently 

 at Hudson's Bay, coming there in March. In 

 May it makes a nest of grass, mud, and fea- 

 thers, half way up a pine-tree, and lays five 

 white eggs with yellowish spots. The young 

 fly towards the end of June, and all depart 

 about November. I find from Mr, Abbot that 

 it is found about Burke county, in Georgia, 

 though very rarely. The reason of my giving 

 the bird a place here is, its having been shot 

 within two miles of Belfast, in January 1802. 

 The specimen was a female, and perfectly re- 

 sembling that figured in DLvoiis voyage above 

 mentioned. I had indeed been informed before 

 of the species having been met with in Scot- 

 land, but the report came through so uncertain 

 a channel as to forbid my noticing it. 

 Descrip- 'p|-,g gi^e of this small species is about that of 



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the goldfinch, and measures only five inches 



