. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 348 SYSTEM A TIC SYNOPSIS. â PA SSEBESâ OSCINES. 197. C. f. rhodocol'pus. (Gr. podov, rhoilou, tho rose; KoXiros, kolpos, the breast.) Rose- breasted Finch. This allogcd variety rcsoinbles tho last; crimson tints more diffuse. Piicific coast ro^idii of California and southward. 66. LOX'IA. (Gr. Xofo'r, loxos, crooked.) Cnoss-BILLS
. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 348 SYSTEM A TIC SYNOPSIS. â PA SSEBESâ OSCINES. 197. C. f. rhodocol'pus. (Gr. podov, rhoilou, tho rose; KoXiros, kolpos, the breast.) Rose- breasted Finch. This allogcd variety rcsoinbles tho last; crimson tints more diffuse. Piicific coast ro^idii of California and southward. 66. LOX'IA. (Gr. Xofo'r, loxos, crooked.) Cnoss-BILLS. Bill inctagnathous; both mandibles falcate, deHecle^ "'J*v °^'^" ^^ yellowish tinge. There are several " "^V^^ ' species of these singular finches,âfinches -â ,l'^?y>. â ,â ill which not only the horny envelope of tho ' 'â¦>'â ' '-iltra^. beak, but the bony framework, and to some â (^^^^, -Tâ -^ extent the ligaments and muscles acting V//>^^.,, Mi','^'''^ upon it, are unsymmetrical. The struct- ^^^ _^ , ^ ^^^^'^1^^- "'"â¢-'3 concerned in what would appear to a ,- ^-^ j,^^j ^^ ^^ ^ deformity constitute a handy tool for cracking nuts of som'i kinds and Pig. CroBsblll, reduced. (After shelling out their kernels; it acts like a Audubon.) ...... ,. j ⢠pair 01 cutting pliers, â pincers and scissors in one. Our two species inhabit the northern parts of America, coming southward in flocks in the fall; but they are also resident in northern and mountainous parts of the U. S., where they sometimes breed in winter. They aro irregularly migr<atory according to exigencies of weather and food-supply; are eminently gregarious, and feed principally upon pino seeds, which they skilfully husk out of the cones with their curious bills. Analysis nf Species. Wings with two white bars. <f rosy-red; 9 brownish-olive, streaked and spotted with dusky, the rump salfron-yellow leiicopfera 198 Wings witliont bars, cf bri
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