. Natural history of animals;. Zoology. Fig. 134. — Purple Finch. Fig- 135- — White-winged Crossbil ican Goldfinch, is of a beautiful yellow, the crown and wings black, tail and wings marked with white. The nest is very handsome, made of lichens, and fastened to a twig; eggs white, with a bluish tinge, and spotted with brown at the larger end. Crossbills have the points of the bill much curved and crossing each other. By means of this curious instrument they can open the cones of pine and spruce with great facility, and thus secure the seeds, upon which they feed. Crossbills are about as large
. Natural history of animals;. Zoology. Fig. 134. — Purple Finch. Fig- 135- — White-winged Crossbil ican Goldfinch, is of a beautiful yellow, the crown and wings black, tail and wings marked with white. The nest is very handsome, made of lichens, and fastened to a twig; eggs white, with a bluish tinge, and spotted with brown at the larger end. Crossbills have the points of the bill much curved and crossing each other. By means of this curious instrument they can open the cones of pine and spruce with great facility, and thus secure the seeds, upon which they feed. Crossbills are about as large as the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877; Tenney, Abby Amy Gove, 1836-. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book Co
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