LOXIA CURVIROSTRA. 



CROSS-BILL. 



Generic Character. 



Bill ftrong, thick, and convex. 

 Noftrils fmall, round. 

 Tongue truncated. 

 Toes three before, one behind. 



Synonyms. 



Loxi a Curvirostra. Lin. Syfl. i. p. 299. ed. 1. 

 Cross-Bill or She l-App le. Br. Z00L i.p. 115. ^,49. 



Lath. Syn. 3. p. 106. ed. 1 Mont. Orn. Dift. 



Bewick's Br. Birds, PL t. p. 153. 



X H I S bird is about feven inches in length, the bill is 

 convex, and both mandibles crofs each other at the points; 

 in fome birds the lower mandible is (lightly ferrated ; the legs 

 are ftrong and feathered below the knee. Both fexes vary in 

 colour in different feafons ; the female feldom has any clear 

 red, or orange about her, and is moftly of a dull green colour 

 blotched with red brown. 



Is found in the Northern diftridls of Europe, in the moun- 

 tains of Switzerland, and among the Pyrenees and Alps; feeds 

 chiefly on the cones of the pine, the principal vegetable inha- 



bitant 



