. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. THE CROSSBILL. L6xiA curvir6stra, Linnsus. In England the Crossbill is generally noticed from autumn to spring, in family parties which sometimes unite to form flocks ; but numerous instances are known in which this essentially nomadic species has bred among conifers, even in the southern and eastern counties, although such situations as its habits require are less frequent there than in the north. From the Lake district upward it nests in many locahties, chiefly in the old pine-forests of Scotland; but it seldom strays to the Oute
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. THE CROSSBILL. L6xiA curvir6stra, Linnsus. In England the Crossbill is generally noticed from autumn to spring, in family parties which sometimes unite to form flocks ; but numerous instances are known in which this essentially nomadic species has bred among conifers, even in the southern and eastern counties, although such situations as its habits require are less frequent there than in the north. From the Lake district upward it nests in many locahties, chiefly in the old pine-forests of Scotland; but it seldom strays to the Outer Hebrides, and is an uncertain visitor to the Orkneys, though of regular occurrence in the Shetlands. In Ireland it has been found breeding in many counties, owing to the increase of fir plantations of late years. Throughout the British Islands it occurs irregularly on migration, from July onward. R. 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 Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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