Definitionn. finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed
Last update: November 2, 2015
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In structure and some of its habits much resembling a bullfinch, but much exceeding that bird in size, it has the plumage of a crossbill and appears to undergo the same changes as do the members of the restricted genus Loxia - the young being of a dull greenish-grey streaked with brownish-black, the adult liens tinged with golden-green, and the cocks glowing with crimson-red on nearly all the body-feathers, this last colour being replaced after moulting in confinement by bright yellow. [Please select]
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See also females of the Red Crossbill, Orchard Oriole, Scarlet Tanager, Summer Tanager. [Please select]
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AMERICAN CROSSBILL (Loxia curvirostra minor) Finch family Called also: RED CROSSBILL [AOU 1998] Length -- 6 to 7 inches. [Please select]
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The Crossbill must be mentioned for the sake of the peculiarity indicated by its name. [Please select]
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A rarer bird than the American Crossbill which, however, it resembles in habits. [Please select]
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MacCulloch writes me word--"The Crossbill is most uncertain in its visits." [Please select]
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The crossbill is fitted with a wonderful tool for tearing fir-cones to pieces. [Please select]
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See also the females of the following birds: Pine Grosbeak; White-winged Red Crossbill; Purple Martin; and the Nashville, the Pine, and the Magnolia Warblers. [Please select]
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