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HISTORY OF 
Transactions,” is that upon which our authority for introducing 
it into the British Fauna rests. 
The general colour of the plumage of the male White-winged 
Crossbill is deep crimson ; tail, black ; wings also black, with 
two bars of white ; vent, w hite ; frontlet and cere, brown ; 
length, five to five-and-a-half inches ; bill, horn colour. The 
general colour of the female is greenish brown, with a yellow 
rump. The young, before they moult, resemble the female. 
The above woodcut is taken from a specimen in the collection 
of William Yarrell, Esq. of a male bird in the plumage of the 
second year. 
