Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL.

522. Loxia leucoptera. 6½ inches.

These are of a lighter and more rosy color than the preceding, and also have a large white patch on the wings. The female is marked the same, with grayish and buff in place of the red on the males. Nesting habits and locations are the same as above. The eggs average a little larger and heavier marked (.80 × .55).