
68 S12 DS -- 67. 
s in. others. to the right; however. awkward this. 
"conformation may Sra ‘at, the figft. view, we 
hall upon reflection find, that it is judicioully 
1 adapted t to thei eir, way, of life, and very, well con= = 
_ trived to feparate the fcales of the fir, cones, and. 
to take out the feeds, upon which they. pr incipally , 
| feed, 1 hey. place the. lower mandible under the 
 Yeale, and feparate it with the Upper 5 it ‘Is re- 
7 marked that they feldom break. the cones in the 
| trees on which they grow; by this means they, 
q diffeminate or plant firs. | ees 
The beak is alfo very uleful in affifting them te - 
: aah; ; they ufe it for this purpofe, a almoftinthe 
i fame manner as. Parrots. With one {troke of, the. 
“bill they can fplit an apple ; this they. frequently, 
1 do i An order to get at the. pippins, the only part Of. 
; the apple on. which. the Y feed in confinement, 
f they will feed very we ve hemp- feed; 
7 This bird inhabi ts thofe countries, only. where, 
hr trees grow, and principally. cold. climates, or. 
| the. mountainous parts of fuch, as, are temper ? 
j Tate, 
It is. found in a. Poland, One, 
i Switzerla nd,in the Alps,and the Pyrenean moune, 
1 tains ; in thefe. countries it refides. throughout the: 
year. Sometimes the Crofsbills. migrate in great 
Mocks, and are, found in. England, and. other, 
countries 
