423 



WHITE WINGED CROSSBILL. Class II. 



4. White 

 v/inged. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Loxia falcirostra. L. rostrofor- 

 ficato, corpore croceo-cocci- 

 neo, alis nigris fasciis duabus 

 albis, remigibus secunda- 

 riis apice albis, cauda nigra. 

 Lath. Ind. orn. 371. id. Syn. 

 iii. 108. id. Sup. i. 148. 



Loxia leucoptera. Gm. Lin. 



844/ 

 Dandin. ii. 358. 

 Lin. Tr. vii. 30g. 

 Crossbill var. Arct. Zool. ii. 



32. 

 Dixon's Voy. PL ii. p. 356. 



female. 



" JLHIS 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 Divo)is 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. 



The size of this small species is about that of 

 the goldfinch, and measures only five inches 



