Parrot Crossbill. 
PAIRING OF BIRDS. — Some very interesting facts on tliis 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 eroise perroquet, 
ou des Sapins, Temm. Man. d’Orn. 1. p. 325. — Loxia curvirostra, major, Gmel. 
Syst. 1. p. 843. sp. 1. var. 2 Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 371. sp. 1. var. y Cruci- 
rostra pinetorum, Meyer, Vdg. Liv. und. Esthl. p. 71. — Kiefern Kreuzschnabel, 
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