. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. AMERICAN CROSSBILL. COMMON CROSSBILL. RED CROSSBILL. LOXIA CURVIROSTRA MINOR. Char. Bill long and compressed, mandibles curved at the points, which cross or overlap. In young birds the bill is straight. Adult males: dull red, variable in shade; wings and tail blackish brown. Young males: yellowish olive. In changing plumage they display great variety of com- binations of yellow, olive, and red. Females: above, dull olive; rump and crown yellow; wings and tail as male; below, grayis
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. AMERICAN CROSSBILL. COMMON CROSSBILL. RED CROSSBILL. LOXIA CURVIROSTRA MINOR. Char. Bill long and compressed, mandibles curved at the points, which cross or overlap. In young birds the bill is straight. Adult males: dull red, variable in shade; wings and tail blackish brown. Young males: yellowish olive. In changing plumage they display great variety of com- binations of yellow, olive, and red. Females: above, dull olive; rump and crown yellow; wings and tail as male; below, grayish. Length 5% to 6 inches. Nest. Usually in a dense wood, on a branch of an evergreen tree 15 to 30 feet from the ground; made of twigs, strips of bark, weed-stems, and roots, lined thickly with grass, roots, hair, and feathers. Eggs. 3-4; pale green dotted, near larger end, with brown and laven- der; X This more common species, lilce the preceding, inhabits the high northern and arctic regions of both continents, where it breeds, and is met with from Greenland to Pennsylvania, or farther south, according to the season and the success in obtaining food when driven to make a southern descent or migration. From September to April these birds are found inhabiting the extensive pine forests in the mountainous and interior districts of Pennsylvania and other States to the north ; they also extend their winter migrations into the lower parts of the State of Missouri. They have occasionally been seen in the maritime parts of Massachusetts, but are less common. 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston, Little, Brown
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