. A history of British birds . PASSE RES. CROSSBILL. LoxiA cuRviROSTRA, Liiiiiseus.*THE CROSSBILL. Loxia citrvirostra. LoxiA, Limiwu&f.—BiW hard, strong, thick at the base, much compressedtowards tlie tip, the lower mandible curving upwards and its point crossing thatof the upper mandible. Nostrils round, basal, supernal, hidden by thick pro-jecting bristly plumes. Wings long, pointed ; the first primary very small, the Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 299 (1766). f Lor. cit. 188 FRINGILLTT)^. second generally the longest. Tail short, forkeil. Tarsus short and stout, scutcllatein fro
. A history of British birds . PASSE RES. CROSSBILL. LoxiA cuRviROSTRA, Liiiiiseus.*THE CROSSBILL. Loxia citrvirostra. LoxiA, Limiwu&f.—BiW hard, strong, thick at the base, much compressedtowards tlie tip, the lower mandible curving upwards and its point crossing thatof the upper mandible. Nostrils round, basal, supernal, hidden by thick pro-jecting bristly plumes. Wings long, pointed ; the first primary very small, the Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 299 (1766). f Lor. cit. 188 FRINGILLTT)^. second generally the longest. Tail short, forkeil. Tarsus short and stout, scutcllatein front. Toes short and stout. Claws moderately curved, short and stout. The history of the Common Crossbill is still involved insome obscurity, for—though it is now ascertained to breedyearly in some parts of Scotland and in England frequently—the origin, whether native or foreign, of most of theexamples so often yet so irregularly observed in the southernkingdom is questionable, and, as will by and bye appear,there is a great divergence of opinion as to the s
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