466 B O H E M I A N CHATTEREB.
slightly connected at the baa«;«- inner toe a little Sorter than outer ;
third, much longer. rather long,, arched, much eoMpfeSsetj
acutev .i-i1
- Plumage blended, very silky, fbwt with liítle gloss. A h É f l
linear, oblong, erectileVdecurved feathers on the head ; no Bristles at
the. basenof the bill. Wings rather long, broad, and -p&fted; -first
quill-longest, the second slightly shorter; the «he r primaries pret%
equally graduated ; secondaries, excepting the inn« two, broad and
abruptly rounded, with'tl.o shaft projecting and enlarged into! ¿flats
ófeng'i horny appéndSige,, o® the-íiíSlour of red sealing-wax. TWaM''
moderate length, even, or. vim-v slight lycmarginate, the middle feathers
being shorter, í>y a twel f th« an inch, than thè one next the lateral-
Bill • black,^ tìiSlìbia®'fjNhe.lower mandible, whitish: Iris ;faai|.
®e è t aná- Ma*- The generali .coìpàr of both- surfaces^ ash-'grèy,
beeoMiiig more tinged anteriorly with brownish-orange, o!f which colour
are the forehead, a patch'on each^sid^lhe /throat near the base
of the bill, and the fcathei-s under the (ail. A band of deep black
from the nasal membrane, along the lor'e, aml'òvèr the eyC, to the top
I pfthe head, wh|rKit1t concealed by tlurcrestf feathers at tKe'tóo of
the lower mandible, and a narro« streak below the eye white : the up
per part of the thro,-it deep black. Alula, primary coverts, and quills
greyish-black, th (¿secondaries moré ,grey ; the primary coverts largely
tipped with whitéj the primary quills with a"briglit yellow, the secondary
with a white e l o n g a t e d - a t the end of the outer web:-'» Tail
light g % at the base, gradually shaded into deep black, with a broad
terminal hand of bright yel-l'ow..
Length to end of tail !)f incMalloxteiit of wiAgS--K;i ; wing from
flexure , tail »S'bill along « e ' r id|e^, along the edge'dMo-tver
^ a n d l i ' p t t a r s u s ; liiurl toe jffc its- elnw ft: middle toe ¡i,, ite
claw J''
Peínale:" Plate CCCLXIII. Fig. 2.
The I-Vmalc i's similar to the male, but somewhat smaller. '
Thfc wax-like appendages vary from i&ven, which is the greatest
number/ to four oi- throe, and are sOmetÉEtes. wanting, especially in young
birfl|||®which, howeterVsoimV possess tlmiS* In some; specimens the
yellow tijs'of the táil-feathérs and primary pills are very pale yellow
or w liiti.Mh.
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WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL.
I.UXIA LEWQTTERA, (¡met .
I'l.A TK<:C(.'I„XIV. MAM, FEMALI:, ASD Yofng.
I found this species quite common on the islands near the entrance
of the, Bay of Fundy, which I visited, early in May 1.838. They were
then journeying northwards, although many pass the whole year in the
northern parts of the: State of Maine, and the.British provinces of New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia, where, however, they seem to have been
overlooked, orconi'iundcd with our Common American Crossbill. Those
which I met \vit,h..011 the islands mentioned above were observed on
their margin's, .some having'alighted on the bare rocks, and all those
which were aliu-inod immediately took to wing, rose to a moderate
height, and flew directly eastward. On my passage across the Gulf of
St Laurence to Labrador, in the same month, about a dozen Whitewinged
Crossbills, and as many Mealy Redpolls, one day alighted
<ui the top-yards of the. Ripley ; but before we could bring our guns
from below, they all left us, and flew ahead of the vessel, as if intent
on pointing out. to us the place to which we were .bound. On the
30th of .lime, a beautiful male was shot, on a bunch of grass growing
out the fissure of a rock, on a small island a few miles from the coast
o.f Labrador ; and on the 23d of July, my young friend L)r Geohgr
SiiATTircK, procured a fine adult female on the Murre Islands, whilst
she was feeding among the scanty herbage.
Within the limits of the United States, I have obtained some during
winter along the hilly shores of the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania;
also in New Jeijsisj, and in one instance in Maryland, a few
miles from Baltimore, beyond which southward I have,never met with
t his specics,-nor have I heard of any having been seen there. According
to Dr Towskkxi), who resided about four years on the Columbia
River,, none are met with in that region. As it appears that individuals
accidentally visit Europe, I am led to think that the true summer
haunts of this species ¡ire as yet not better known than those of the Bohemian
Chatterer and Common Crossbill. The latter has been shot in