. Color key to North American birds . oked bill; wings and tailgrayish brown instead of dull blackish. Range.—Kadiak Island and south on the coast to Sitka, Alaska.(Ridgway.) *52l. American Crossbill fioxM curmrostra minor).;W. ; B. .66. Tips of mandibles (^. Red, more or less suffused with greenish oryellow. Ad. ?. Olive-green, rump and underpartsyellower. Yng. Resemble Ad. ?. Notes. Calls,when feeding, a conversational twittering; louder andmore pronounced when flying; song, sweet, varied andmusical, but of small volume. Range.—Northern North America, chiefly eastward; br


. Color key to North American birds . oked bill; wings and tailgrayish brown instead of dull blackish. Range.—Kadiak Island and south on the coast to Sitka, Alaska.(Ridgway.) *52l. American Crossbill fioxM curmrostra minor).;W. ; B. .66. Tips of mandibles (^. Red, more or less suffused with greenish oryellow. Ad. ?. Olive-green, rump and underpartsyellower. Yng. Resemble Ad. ?. Notes. Calls,when feeding, a conversational twittering; louder andmore pronounced when flying; song, sweet, varied andmusical, but of small volume. Range.—Northern North America, chiefly eastward; breeds fromnorthern New England (in Alleghenies from Georgia^ north and westto Alaska: winters south irregularly to Virginia and Nevada: casuallyto South Carolina and Louisiana. *^ 521a Mexican Crossbill {L. c. stricklandi). Simi-larto No. 521, but larger; W. 4; B. .78. Range.—Mountains of Wyoming and Colorado, west to the SierraNevada, and south through New Mexico, Arizona and the tablelandsof Mexico to Guatemala. (A. O. U.) 173. Perching Birds Marked With Red. 522. White-winged Crossbill [Loxia Uucoptera).L. 6. Tips of mandibles crossed. Ad. (f. Rose-pinl<; middle of back black; wings with two white 9. Olive-green and dusky; rump and under-parts yellower; wings with two white bars. Yng. LikeAd. 9. Notes. Resemble those of No. 521. Range.—Northern North America; breeds from northern NewEngland, northern New York and northern Michigan northward;winters south irregularly to Virginia, Illinois, British Columbia, andNevada.


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