WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILt. 
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LOSIA LEDCOFTESJ, GMELIN CUSrjBOSTRA LEUCOFTF.EA, 
WILSON. 
WHITE- WINGZB CIIOSSEILE. 
WILSON, PLATE. XXXI. PIG. HI. X'OUNG MALE. 
Tins is a much rarer sjiecies thau the preceding;; 
'Dough found frequenting the same places, aud at the 
jDtue seasons ; differing, however, from the former in 
*De deep black xvings and tail, the large bed of white 
?D the xving, the dark crimson of the plumage ; and a 
and more slender conformation of body. The 
'Ddividual of this species mentioned by Turton and 
ijDtham, has evidently been shot in moulting time, 
yie present specimen was a male in full aud perfect 
Wiimage. 
1'he white-winged crossbill is five inches and a 
'barter long, and eight inches aud a quarter in c.^teut; 
pDgs aud tail, deep black, the former crossed with two 
.’’Dad bars of white ; general colour of the plumage, 
.ark crimson, partially spotted xvith dusky ; lores and 
pDatlet, pale brown ; vent, white, streaked with black ; 
a brown horn colour, the mandibles crossing each 
1 ‘her as in the preceding species, the lower sometimes 
Dnding to the right, sometimes to the left, usually to 
left ill the male, and to the right in the female, of 
^ American crossbill. 
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