Front:
aanBreeks
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL (male)
RED CROSSBILL (male and female)
Published by the National Association of Audubon Societies
Back:
No. 34 Crossbill
Length 6 inches
These curious members of the Finch family are
unique and interesting birds. Although migratory,
their movements follow no regular course as to
time or place. Thus they are erratic wanderers
over much of the United States and Canada. Dur-
ing some winters they are common in many por-
tions of the nerthern United States; again, they
are rare or absent. The nest is in coniferous trees
and is made of twigs, grasses and rootlets lined
with hair. The eggs are from four to six, blue,
and spotted at the larger end with brown.
Classification: Order Passeres. Family Fringillida.
Scientific name: Loxia curvirostra minor.
Range: Northern North America, south in winter,
rarely to the Gulf States:
No. 34a White-winged Crossbill
Length 6 inches
This species very closely resembles in its habits
the one described above, but it is perhaps even
more erratic in its movements.
The nesting habits are like those of the Cross-
bill, but the eggs are slightly larger.
Classification: Order Passeres. Family Fringillide.
Scientific Name: Loxia leucoptera.
Range: Northern North America, south irregularly in
winter to central United States.
Nos. 34 and 34a from set of 50 Winter Birds of the North-
eastern United States. Published by the National Association
of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City. Price per
set, in a box, $1.00 post paid.