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AMERICAN WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. 
neck on the back, and nape, dull greenish grey, mottled with 
a darker tint on the centre of each feather. Chin, throat* 
and breast, lighter grey, the feathers streaked with dusky 
brown. Back, on the lower part, tinged with greenish yellow. 
Greater and lesser wing coverts, dull black, tipped with white, 
forming two conspicuous bars across the wings; primaries 
and secondaries, dusky black, edged and tipped with white. 
The tail forked, the feathers dull black, with narrow light- 
coloured edges; under tail coverts, dark at the base of the 
feathers with greyish white ends. Legs, toes, and claws, 
dark brown. 
The Prince of Musignano has described one in which the 
crimson colour was changed for light buff orange. 
