WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. 151 



authority the eggs of this species are white, marked with 

 yellowish spots. 



Besides America, this species is said also to be a native of 

 the northern parts of Asia ; but it does not appear to have 

 been ascertained that any are bred in Europe, although a 

 few individuals are occasionally seen in Sweden, and flocks 

 have been met with in various parts of the pine-clad districts 

 of Germany. These are usually considered to be stragglers ; 

 but whether from America or Asia is doubtful. 



Some few captures of the White-winged Crossbill have 

 been made in England, where it has been known as a rare 

 straggler for many years, and considered as a species distinct 

 from its two congeners, from which, indeed, its smaller size 

 and the transverse white bars upon the wings readily dis- 

 tinguish it. 



In the third volume of the Manuel cTOrnithologie of 

 Temminck, the adult male of this species is thus described. 

 All the principal parts of the body, consisting of the head, 

 neck, and breast, are a fine crimson-red : a blackish band 

 crosses the nape of the neck, and a similar one occupies the 

 middle of the back. The middle of the breast and belly are 

 greyish-brown ; the sides of the head are sometimes speckled 

 with black, and a line of that colour crosses the forehead, and 

 passing through the eye, loses itself in the coverts of the ears. 

 The wings and tail are black ; three of the tertial feathers, 

 those placed nearest the body, have a white spot upon their 

 tips. The greater and lesser coverts of the wing are broadly 

 tipped with white, forming two bands. The beak is black, 

 the legs and feet brown. 



In the specimen from which our plate was taken the lower 

 part of the back is crimson, the upper coverts of the tail 

 dusky, bordered at the tip of each feather with a narrow line 

 of white, and some of the primary quill-feathers are similarly 

 edged. 



