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LOXIADiE. 



GENUS CXCVIL— LOXIA, Ray. CROSSBILL. 



Rostrum crassum, lateratim 

 compressum, forficatum : 

 mandibulce inverse adun- 

 cae. 



Beak straight, laterally com- 

 pressed, forficated : the 

 ma7idihles inversely hook- 

 ed. 



CiiuciROSTRA, Cuvier. — Curvirostra, Scopoli. 



Sp. 1. Lo. curvirostra. 



Crucirostra vulgaris. Steph. v. ix. p. 23 1 . pi. 4 1 . — Britain and 

 Europe. 



Sp. 2. Lo. pytiopsittacus. Temm. Ma?i. d'Orn. 2 Edit. ii. 327. — 

 Greater Crossbill. Lath, Gen. Hist. v. v. p. 208. — Europe. 



Sp. 3. Lo ? leucoptera. 



Crucirostra leucoptera. Steph. v. ix. p. 233.— North America, 



GENUS CXCVIIL— PSITTIROSTRA, Temminck. 



Rostrum breve, vald^ curva- 

 tum, basi subtumidum ; 

 mandibula superior ad api- 

 cem inferioris incurvum; 

 inferior latissima, rotun- 

 data, apice obtusa. 



Nares basales, laterales, 

 membranula pilosa semi- 

 tectae. 



Aloe mediocres, remex prima 

 obsoleta, secunda tertia 

 breviore. 



Pedes mediocres: tarsi di- 

 gitus medius longiores; di- 

 giti fissi, laterales aequales. 



Beah short, much curved, its 

 base a little swollen; the 

 upper mandible incurved 

 towards the tip of the 

 lower; the lower very 

 broad, rounded, with its 

 tip obtuse. 



Nostrils basal, lateral, half- 

 covered by a pilose mem- 

 brane. 



Wings moderate, first quill 

 obsolete, second shorter 

 than the third. 



Legs moderate ; tarsi longer 

 than the middle toe ; toes 

 cleft, the lateral ones equal. 



