PLATE XXXIX. 



LOXIA CURVIROSTRA. 

 COMMON CROSSBILL 



^ASSERES. 



Bill conic pointed. Noftrils oval *, broad, naked. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill flrong, convex above and below, very thick at the bafe* 

 {Noitrils fmall and round f). Tongue as if cut off at the end. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 



AND 



STNONTMS. 



Both mandibles curve oppofite ways and crofs each other. Male 

 red. Female green. 



Loxia Curvirostra. Roftro forficato. Faun. Suec. 177. — Linn, 



Syji. Nat. 2. 171. 96. I. edit. 10. 

 tram. EL 365. N° 2. 

 Brim. p. 66. N° 238. 



* Jvirinausi f Lmbam*s ^Mp fapma FwnaWs Bt. ZoaL 



