"Crossbill" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... bird called the crossbill that makes its nest in the pine. It fixes its nest in place by means of the resin of the tree and coats it with the same material, so as to render it impervious to the rain. The seeds from the cones form its chief food, and it extracts them with its curious bill, the two parts of which ...
— Among the Trees at Elmridge • Ella Rodman Church |
