470 WHITE«WINGED CHOSSKILL.
W m U • formed "y I • row of small cowt s and several mmmmmm I ***** BBSS!!
- basal half only „ black; the inner secondaries'WtippeiFwith white
the tad-coyerfs, and the quills and are very sliab.lv
^ r g m e d with whitish. Bristly feathers at the •^ of the biMU jeUMol
, ^ ™ g i n e d with
_ Length to end of tail I • • end of W f e f t ^ to end of claws
L B I B X l H I f l B I ^ I • of
• M B l S B ton. ft; hind
its claw A ; middle toe A,litS claw #
^cirfale. 1 I'late-'CCCI-Xiv. tdf, 3; •
• The female has the upper part, dusky, the fester s margined with
^ » w , the rump wax-yellow; the lowi parts axe yellowishgrey,
streaked with dusky; the fore'part of the breast wa*-yellow • the
wrngs and tail are as in the male, but paler, and with the white bahis
o n f t e former of 1<|J breadth. Bill and fe» darker than those of the
Length to end of W 6* mehe8, fe end'of wings 5, to end o f i aws
extent of wings 10.
Yo"«k- Sttis e e e i . x i v . fig. 4.
The youngmemble t1,e female, bu, th'e lower parts Me dull I
loivi.sh-gre>v npottcd and streaked *ith dark l,r„„n.
After the first moult the male still' resembles the- female but is
¿nore yellow. At the „.„ult it acquires the red colour, which becomes
richer and phrer the older the bird.
In this species there are three longitudinal r id»»™ the roof ,,f the
m " U t h ' •m d ,he i * » * ™ the humner as in Buntings
The tongtae lS'of the same general foim as that of the Pine Grosbeak
Si twelfths lotig, compressed and'slendei af the bhse, with the W
hyoid bone of a,similar form, coneavc above, dilated and rounded at
the end,'.,,, as to resemble a scoop or spoon. He ««.phagus, bode is
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. 471
2 inches and S^pptfUis long|when dilated forms a crop of vast size:, c d,
which Mies, chiefly on, the right side of the.ncck, ¡t.
but also passes behind Six as to appear on* the left- JR «
iadë. TW? Item occurs equally i s th® -Common .-. Jma
Crossbill, and seems to lie peculiar .to this gemùs. MwJS®^
The1 .greatest breadth-of the. crop is 10 twelfths- ÊgÊ^WM
On entering the thorax, the «esophagus contracts ?>llj§§lP^
»2"lw#lfths. Thfe proventriculus, e, is bulbiform, i'mMf. 1
with a diameter of 3 twelfths. •- The stomach, f . .V'dÉjjpR
a strong gizzard of rather small size,, somewhat '"" '
berit in the same matirer-'as that of the l'ine ijUjif !§k
Grosbeak, 4 | twelfths long, 6 twelfths broad ; its
muscles distinct; the cuticular lining very firm 3,l<?
but this) longitudinally rugous, and of a light red ^ti^mjX
colour. The intestine,'h i j k, is 10J fitéhes long, ^g j
its greatest:diameter 2 twelfths, its least twelfth. fl
The réctum, J!%if|i®iiinch 2 twelfths long, in- p> Wk
eluding the cloaca. Tito coeca, j, are l j twelfth J\
long, and \ twelfth broâd/>1/"|-,',JW6l;'|,i'1
( ^wwl/^)Irm^^^^Ê^'*
Thé trachea is 1 inch 9 twelfths long, I i: twelfth M || J^fc^^p
broad at the upper part, gradually diminishing to AY^ ^ P P y
1 twelfth : i t s rings: firm, and about 75 in num- \ n^y ,J
ber. The inferior laryngeal muscles are large. ^ — i
The bronchi are formed of about 15 half rinu-sv* . " • h
The twigs represented in the plate arte those of
a species of: Alder common in Newfoundland.