240 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Mandibles, crossed; no white on wings; underparts, greenisli. 



American Crossbill. 



Loxia curvirostra minor {female). 

 See No. 392. 



Mandibles, crossed; more or less red on underparts, head, and back; wing bars, 

 white. 



White=winged Crossbill. 

 Loxia leucoptera (male). 

 See No. 393. 

 ^Mandibles, crossed ; wing bars, white; underparts, greenisli. 



White-winged Crossbill. 

 Loxia leucojytera (female). 

 See No. 393. 



Mandibles, not crossed; breast and crown, 

 rose red; back, l)rowii, tinged with red; 

 chin, not black. 



Purple Pinch. 



Carpodacus purpureus ^niale) . 

 See No. 389. 



Mandibles, not crossed; chin, blackish; breast, rose red ; front crown, metallic 

 red; rump, streaked. 



Red=poll. 



Acanthis linaria, and races. 

 See No. 396. 



Mandibles, not crossed ; chin, blackish ; underpart, whitish, with faint tinge of 

 pink on breast; rump, white, without streaks, sometimes tinged with rose 

 color. 



Greenland Red-poll. 



Acanthis hornemannii, ana racei. 

 See No. ,394. 



