Clafs Ii: CROSSBILL. 279 



der fide is of a dirty flefh color r the neck afh-colored : 

 the back and coverts of the wings of a deep brown, 

 thofe of the tail of a yellowifh bay : the greater quil- 

 feathers are black, marked with white on their inner 

 webs. The tail is fhort fpotted with white on the 

 inner fides. The legs flefh color. The great parti- 

 cularity of this bird, and what diflinguifhes it from 

 all others, is the form of the ends of the middle 

 quil feathers ; which Mr. Edwards juftly compares to 

 the figure of fome of the antient battle-axes : thefe 

 feathers are gloried over with a rich blue ; but are 

 lefs confpicuous in the female : the head in that lex is 

 of dull olive tinged with brown \ it alfo wants the 

 black fpot under the chin. 



II. The CROSSBILL. 



Loxia. Gefnera<v. $91. 329, /#£. i"J>fig-Z- 



Aldr. a<v. r. 426. Loxia curviroftra. Lin.fyjl. 299V 



Shell-apple, or Crofs-bill. Wtl KoriTnaff, Kinlgelrifvare. Fau&. 



orn. 248. Suec. fp. 224. 



Raii.fyn. a<v. 86. Krumbfchnabl, Kreutzvogeh 



Charlton ex. 77. Kram. 365. 



Ediv. a°v. 303. Nor-veg. Kors-JSTceb. Kors-fugL 



Cat. Carol, app. 3.7. Br, 238. 



Le Bec-croiie. Brijfon ait. iii. Br, Zoo/. 106. plate U. f. 2- 



THER E are two varieties of this bird : Mr. E&- 

 wards has very accurately figured the lefkr 

 kind, which we have feen frequently : the oiher is 

 very rare. We received a male and female out of 

 Sthropjhire^ which were fuperior in fize to the former, 

 the bill remarkably thick and fhort, more cncurvated 



than 



