Parrot Crossbill. 



PAIRING OF BIRDS. — Some very interesting facts on this sub- 

 ject may be found in the articles, Incubation, Song, Nightingale, 

 Gold-crested Wren, &c. 



PALMIPEDES (Latham.)— Web-footed birds, 



PANDION (Savigny.) — *A genus thus characterised. Bill rounded 

 above, ceroma twisted ; nostrils crescent-shaped, and membranaceous at 

 the upper margin ; shanks naked ; shins with stiff scales and reticu- 

 lated ; toes free, the outer versatile ; claws equal, rounded below ; the 

 second quill the longest in the wing. — (Vigors.)* 



PARROT CROSSBILL (Loxia Pytiopsittacus, Bechstein.) 



* Loxia Pytiopsittacus, Bechst. Tasschenb. Deut. 3, p, 106, — Bee croise perroquet, 

 ou des Sapins, Temm. Man. d'Orn. 1. p, 325. — Loxia curvirostra, major, Gmel. 

 Syst. 1. p. 843. sp, 1. var. Ind. Orn. 1. 371. sp. 1. var. y — Cruci- 

 rostra pinetorum, Meyer, Vdg, Liv. und. Esthl. p. 71 Kiefern Kreuzschnabel, 



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