FRINGILLIN^. CORYDALINA. 
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in the tints of the plumage from yellowish-green to orange and vermi- 
lion. 
Male, 7} 10. 
From Maryland eastward and northward^ to lat. 52. Breeds in 
Pennsylvania, New York, and the north-eastern States to Nova Scotia. 
Common. Migratory. 
American Crossbill, Curvirostra americana, WiLS. Amer. Orii. v. iv. p. 44. 
Loxia curvirostra, Bonap. Syn. p. 117. 
Common Crossbill, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 583. 
Common Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 559 ; v. v. p. 511. 
201. 2. Loxia leucoptera, Gmel. White-winged Crossbill. 
. Plate CCCLXIV. Male, Female, and Young. 
Bill excessively compressed, with the mandibles less curved. Male 
rich carmine, inclining to crimson ; the feathers on the fore part and 
middle of the back dusky, excepting the tips ; the scapulars, wings, 
upper tail-coverts, and tail black ; two broad bands of white on the 
wings, the anterior formed by the first row of small coverts, and seve- 
ral of those adjoining, the other by the secondary coverts, of which 
the basal half only is black. Female with the feathers of the upper 
parts dusky, edged with greyish-yellow, the rump wax-yellow ; the 
wings and tail as in the male, but with the white bands of less breadth ; 
lower parts yellowish-grey, streaked with dusky, the fore part of the 
breast wax-yellow. Young similar to the female, but with the lower 
parts dull yellowish -grey, spotted and streaked with dark brown. 
Male, 6L lOf. Female, 6|, 10. 
During winter, as far south as Maryland. Not uncommon in New 
Jersey and Pennsylvania, where a few breed. Common in Maine, 
Nova Scotia, Labrador, and the Fur Countries. Migratory. 
White-winged Crossbill, Loxia leucoptera, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. iv. p. 48. 
Loxia leucoptera, Bonap. Syn. p. 117. 
White-winged Crossbill, Loxia leucoptera, Bonap. Amer. Orn. .v. ii. p. 
Loxia leucoptera, White-winged Crossbill, Swains. &^Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. 
p. 263. 
White-winged Crossbill, Loxia leucoptera, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 540. 
White-winged Crossbill, Loxia leucoptera, Aud. Om. Biog. v. iv. p. 467. 
GENUS XIV. CORYDALINA, Aud. LARK-FINCH. 
Bill of the same form as in the Guiraca, but smaller, and 
approaching to that of Dolichonyx, being short, robust, co- 
nical, a little compressed ; upper mandible a little narrower, 
with the dorsal line very slightly convex, the ridge indis- 
tinct, the nasal sinus very broad and short, the sides convex, 
the edges ascending for a third of their length, then direct. 
