Loxia curvirostra minor. Maine (L. Umbazog) 1886 Breeding Loxia Americana. Marchy On March 13 I received 67 Red Crossbills from H. Sargent. The same as follows: 80 in deep red plumage 6 " " mixed red & yellow plumage 26 " " " " & green " 6 80 " pure green plumage similar to ♀ 6 90 23 Of the 90 all but a few (perhaps four or five which were laying) had laid their full set and were incubating. With the exception of two "buddies," about 5 feet apart & surrounded by a few weak sprouts of saplings, one was nearly equal to any one made by other birds. The greatest being a foot or more longer with feathers on claws at base of claws, like that females. All of fifty were outside I found bound distance from breeding tree (trees being in company) and two female ones in their beak (they are small made a good bud-like) two or three loud calls and then fly to another neighborhood of them by the same method. The best for a few were called, and the smallest for two days in a few days was just their bodies curled at bottom gymnastic flying order.