THE BULLFINCHES. 
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THE TWO-BARRED CROSSBILL.* LOXIA BIFASCIATA. 
Crucirostra bifasciata, Brehm., Ornis., iii., p. 85 (1827). 
Loxia bifasciata , Newt. ed. Yarr., ii., p. 211 (1877); Dresser, 
B. Eur., iv., p. 141, pi. 205 (1877) ; B. O. U. List. Br. 
B., p. 58 (1883); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., xii., p. 58 
(7888); Saunders, Man., p. 195 (1889). 
Adult Male. — Distinguished from the common Crossbill by the 
white bands on the wings, formed by the white tips to the 
median and greater coverts. Total length, 5-5 inches; cul- 
men, 07; wing, 3-65 ; tail, a'l ; tarsus, 07. 
Range in Great Britain. — An accidental visitor, sometimes oc- 
curring in some numbers, as in 1889. 
Range outside the British Islands. — Accidental in many parts 
of Central Europe, but resident in Northern Russia and 
Northern Asia across Siberia to the Pacific. 
Habits. — Like those of the common Crossbill. 
Nest and Eggs. — Like those of the common Crossbill, but 
smaller in size, the egg said to be darker in colour than that 
of the last-named bird. 
THE BULLFINCHES. GENUS PYRRHULA. 
Pyrrhula , Briss., Orn., iii., p. 308 (1760). 
Type, P. europcea (Vieill.). 
The peculiarly swollen and evenly rounded bill, which is 
very broad at the base, is the chief distinguishing character of 
the Bullfinches, apart from their coloration, which is also some- 
what peculiar. The sexes carry out the same style of colour, 
but the males are generally red-breasted, while the females are 
grey-breasted. In some species, however, like the Azorean 
Bullfinch (P. murina ) and Cassin’s Bullfinch (P. cassini ), both 
sexes are equally brown or grey, with no red. Similar Bull- 
finches, with the sexes alike, occur in the Himalayas, which 
* The White-winged Crossbill ( Loxia leucoptera) is the American 
form of the Two-barred Crossbill. It is rather more crimson in its colour, 
and has a little more black on the scapulars. Total length, 9 inches ; wing, 
375. It is said to have occurred in the British Islands on several occa- 
sions. 
