FEMALE WHITE-WINGrEiD;GJ^QSSBILL.....
L 0XIJ1 jLEU C 0PTERJ1.
, plate, X^- Figf .3^, ^
See WiLSOK’s American 0^ ith o h g y iIY ,p .i 4§ ,^ l. 41, for th^.young male,«"
Loxia leucoptera, Gmel. Syst. I, p. 844, Sp.,J2. .Vihill, Gal. 0 if..1,
young male. JjfoB. Obs. jjp r84» I d. Cat. and Syn. Birds U. S. Sp. 195.
lo x ia falcirostra, Lath. Ind. p. 3t l , Sp.r2'.~
Le Bec-croise leiicoptbre, Soxu. Buff. XLVII, p. '65. Vieilt.. Nouv.
'• 2d’ed. I l l , p.*'33‘9.“
W h itew n g e dC rm b il^ I^ r ii- Byii. H I, p. 108. Sp..?. In. Svppl, $ ^ 14.8. %B i x »
JEop. t. 20, p .55f, female. ,£Ep.*arct. Zool. II, Sp. 2Q§. * -
My Ctillectifin, Male, Female, young, and .middle-aged.,
Thw;.White^wipggd .CKOsshflli,first nnade known by Lathafoyn-
his^xelejirated „Synopsis;,.was £snbs,eqwently Hiteodhc%<Iuon^|«'
authpcite jglQjj, all.? the., huge compilations, of.^the^daft • century*
Wikop*;gaveitns>,the first figure of it, > which is that^ofi the^male,
apd^promispd a representation of the^female, together with “ suic'h
^dditionph facts-. relative to its manners as. hd anight be a b ^ t£
a,s.Q,ert%in,’’ ^fe^to» fulfil Wilson’s engagement that we- nd,\y gg|e
q mrrecti figur,e ,qf ^le-^hpr^sexL of this ,species, w h ^ we arts;
also enjable^itoi.djesGBibe. minutely in-all its^. different sjqte«. pf
plujmflge^g^bwt has; ncveri foefo^ljbeenvdone.^ though'Vimu^
sinca,. Wil.soTv’s .time,^la;fe«^mpiledj someUac.coUnt of.1 its .habigE»
d^qrihed thedemale.ian,dffeepnldy: published-a,bad enough figure
oft .th^njjale *im M§d| Gafori&jdes >0isep,um\if l
The English name was bestowed by its^discoverer, the ?eienti®fe
v5as|im«pgsfdt ont it by i-th^fouipiler Gmelim, who like* the Daw
■Th thevfable,„though with» nguehjdb^tej^ suMeaS, appropriated to
h-imseM. thetiBbrnowed phi.ibe§‘ipf others, making Latham’s new
speei&|-bis,/owns »by being.,^te^pl|itQ ghmthemvseiejitifio names',
which the?dis-cpverernfibmself- wa’sl-afte'rwhrds- ob/liged to adopt in
hi s: Indiexri@to0fe%lj$gi<&s: In thsej^gesent-' instance howevertle took
the liberty 'of afeejbyg Gmelin’Wame, mostiggogably with the view
■ of giving-eife hn.a>lagpjis to *hat;M$?^oxiaxcki-Min^m^mxA. indicative
©J the remarkable..formi©fi ||||bill-. ,havingfsince
bq«#i employed‘.as,-generic, ^^cp^qp|ie^y;jO^Aa|hsffliiisi?change has
p,eas*^.to exist, andi-in^fbct-Hthe^aidvantag'^is: altqgbbftferf oh thfe
^dg >of jlGmeiin. > t We; have fI|uerdforej»;pg|me(ited the right of
pniorhy,^v^in;.the .jeage^ofi, sapper. ■
‘flr/Dhe female White-wingedjCiiossbill^Shfive, inches, and three-
Aua^ter^mgs^anidwnearly. nine extent ^the,-,bill ,is- more -than
‘ ff^e.%ghths o f - a , dark vbornb cofoiir paler-on the edgesTj
_as -is-. the* ease-,.in, the whole genus,,! it is.^yery ■ rquch compressed
throughout,sbmtHespecially at tth^ffoin^vhere ' the Hedges almost
unite into one:- -both'. mantlildesvlUrg^ihuryctl ,(ihe lower .one
upwiardsb4from - the ;base,»'.the ieMdls^CBqsfeijig^ieaeh>-othehj1 the
upper has-its ridge fdistinot,-. and thually^jasses .§to the left in
bothv sqxes$ and not,, ash Wilsom-f,appears to intimate generally
inc-one.-seai only; „jfhe^fowerJ mandible, is“-considerably ^shorter;
the..tengue is-tShOEt-, .cartilaginqusj,-and-ent-ii*:wthe .iriid,^» are**©!
9->v§fy dark hazej-j the small setacedi», feather^1,coveting ■ th&
ri^strils,. -which ,is*eife,;qf4fithe i characteristicstf-of...the gernl-s,* are
whitish "gKay^jhe bottom -qf^the plumage,tis .whfere^ 'slate
qq|.©|ip.i.■ the- head, nnd all, the mpperPpartS. down to the "sump, are
q£*a grayishs.green strongly tinged-avith olive, eaofofoather being
marked withAlassk. in the#qent£ney giyiUg .the plumage
appearance-, as adpsfiesented in thejiplatq-j.* the.wrump isfspuriipale
lemon yel-low> the upper tail-ehyerts are blackish- margined with
• vol. u.—y