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Mr. Pennant fays there are two varieties of this fpecies, our prefent 



Jpecimen, and another which is very rare ; of the latter he fays he 



received a male and female from Shropfhirej they were fuperior in fize 



to the former, the bill remarkably thick and fhorr, more encurvated than 



that of the common kind, and the ends more blunt*. 



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 The Crofs-bill is common in Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland* 



is found alfo in Rujjia and Siberia, in North America, Greenland, &c. 



It is not fuppofed to breed in England, but to vilit us generally in fmall 



flocks, though it has been i'tQii in vaft multitudes in fome feafons. As 



the feeds of the Fir, or Pine, is their natural food, they always retire to 



forefts where thofe trees grow in moil abundance : they feed alfo on 



Hemp -feed; and are faid to do great damage in orchards, by tearing the 



apples to pieces to eat the pips or feeds. 



It is obferved, in North America, to build its neft in the higher! part 

 of the Fir-trees, fattening it to the branches by the refinous matter 

 which exudes from the trees f. 



* Pennant* x Br. Zooh -j* Lathe*;* 



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