LOXIA CURVIROSTRA, 
C R O S S - B I L L, 
Generic Character. 
Bill ftrong, thick, and convex. 
Noftrils fmall, round. 
Tongue truncated. 
Toes three before, one behind. 
Synonyms. 
LoxiA CuRViROSTRA. Liu. Syjl, 1. p, 299. ed, 1. 
Cross-Bill or SnEL-AppLE.^r. ZooL i./>. 115. iai^.4.g» 
Lath, Syn. 3. p. 106. ed, 1 Mont, Orn, Di^. 
Bewick's Br, Birds ^ P/. 1. 153. 
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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 flightly 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 Irer, and is moftly of a dull green colour 
blotched with red brown. 
Is found in the Northern diflri^ls 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 
