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Loxia leucoptera.
Lake Umbagog.
1836
February 9
Sent me in the flesh by Luman Sargent who shot them near
the shores of Lake Umbagog. They reached me in fairly good con-
dition and I skinned and dissected every one of them. The Cross-
bills were all breeding and there was not the slightest difficulty
in sexing them. In fact the sex mark in every case is absolutely
reliable.
II078, male adult, Testes of maximum size.
II079 " " " " "