female white-winged crossbill. 153 
^Ser than the succeeding; the general colour of the 
djj 1 *? is black, the smaller coverts each margined with 
lVl , V '' 5 the middle and longer coverts broadly tipped 
f r >h ' ' v Wte, forming a double baud across the wings, so 
i.^ s PiciiouH as to afford the most obvious distinguishing 
of the species ; all the quills are slightly edged 
the the tcrtials being also tipped with white ; 
thp wing-coverts are of a dark silvery, as well as 
U v ‘ ' vll «le inferior surface of the wing ; the tail measures 
fj' | a »d a half inches, being as usual composed of twelve 
; it is black, and deeply cmargiuated, the feathers 
r-n\’ and slightly edged with paler : the feet are short, 
' er robust, and blackish ; the tarsus live-eighths of 
‘Och in length, somewhat sharp behind, with its 
Vi '^ng entire before; the toes are divided to the base, 
s b°rt, the middle one considerably the longest, but 
% Q "'<*9 Ml rill 11(111 «»il 7 ~~ — 
'1 U &1> (all these being' remarkable characters or the 
O s > the bind toe long, and stoutest ; the nails strong. 
1'lrl llie miuuie uue tUlisiut.i«u*; 
11 less than half an inch long, the lateral one 
bvif 1 '"I'ved, and sharp, the hind one the longest, and 
a » large as the lateral 
le male°described by Latham, Wilson, and. Vieillot, 
lull plumage, but which, with Temmiuck, we 
tn ( flood reasons for believing to be between one and 
years old, differs from the female in being a trifle 
tb?V> and of a crimson red where sho is olive gray : 
“ as <* of the plumage is also considerably darker, 
iJmaching to black on the head, which colour predo- 
,i ' l '" s in several parts of the plumage, round the eye, 
the 0 tront < in a broad line curving and widening from 
0 n ' ?J' e each side of the neck, and appearing distinctly 
i back, where it generally forms a kind of band 
;i ^nding from the base of the wing : the rump is of 
de e a,lt *f‘ul rose-red ; the black of the wings and tail is 
of s® 1, ; the white, pure, and more extended ; the lining 
COnl • r l u ills, and especially of the tail-feathers, more 
8 td i u ° us ; the belly is of a pure whitish, much less 
q,| ie d, &C. 
>0al e b'l'd which, from analogy, we take for the adult 
e > though we have no positive evidence for deciding 
