82 BIRDS. 



3. CARPODACUS, Kaup. PURPLE FINCHES. 

 1. C. purpureus, (Gmel.) Gray, PURPLE FINCH. Every 

 where streaky; $ flushed with red, most intense on the 

 crown, fading below and behind; ? olive brown with 

 no red; bill stout; L. 6; W. 3; T. 2%. U. S., a fine 

 songster. 



4. LQXIA, Linnaeus. CROSSBILLS. 



1. L. leucoptera, (Gmel.) WHITE WINGED CROSSBILL. 

 $ rose red; white wing bars; $ brownish olive, speckled 

 with dusky; rump yellow; L. 6; W. 3; T. 2%. North- 

 ern, S. in winter. 



2. L curvirostra, L. RED CROSSBILL. ^ brick -red; 

 wings unmarked; $ brownish olive; L. 6; W. 3; T. 2. 

 Northern regions and pine woods; S. in winter. 



5. JEGIOTHUS, Cabanis. LINNETS 



1. /E. linarius, (L.) Cab. RED POLL LINNET. Crown 

 crimson in both sexes; throat, breast and rump also rosy 

 in <$; much streaked above; chin blackish; L. 5f ; W. 3; 

 T. 2. Northern, S. in winter, in flocks. 



2. JE. //awrosfm, (L.)var.6reiy$fe/v^Ridgway. BREWS- 

 TER'S LINNET. No red on crown or breast; rump rosy in 

 3; yellow in ?; L. o; W. 3; T. 2|. Mass., lately dis- 

 covered. 



6. CHRYSOMITRIS, Boie. GOLDFINCHES. 



* Sexes alike; plumage thickly streaked everywhere; no black 

 on head ; bill very sharp. (Chrysomitris.) 



1. C. pinus, (Wils.) Bon. PINE LINNET. Plumage 

 streaky brown, suffused with yellow in the breeding 

 season; bases of quills and tail feathers yellow, much 

 as in the female Redstart; L. 4f; W. 2|; T. 2. N. 

 Am., rather northward, but liable to " turn up " any where. 



