256 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



GENUS CARPODACUS KAUP. 

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Carpodacus KAUP, Ent. Eur. Thienv. 1829, 161. Type, Loxia ery- 

 tlirina PALL. 



517. Carpodacus purpureus (GMEL.). 



Purple Finch. 



Fringilla purpurea G.MEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 923. 

 Carpodacus purpureus GRAY, Gen. B. II. 1844, 384. 



[B 305, C 139, R 168, C 194.] 



HAB. Eastern North America, from the Atlantic coast to the Plains. 

 Breeds from the Middle States northward. 



517 a. Carpodacus purpureus californicus BAIRD. 



California Purple Finch. 



Carpodacus californicus BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 413. 

 Carpodacus purpureus var. californicus B. B. R. Hist. N. Am. B. 

 I. 1874,465. 



[6306, C , R i68<7, C .] 



HAB. Pacific coast region, from British Columbia south to South- 

 ern California. 



518. Carpodacus cassini BAIRD. 



Cassin's Purple Finch. 



Carp odacu s cassini BAIRD, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. June, 1854. 119. 

 [B 307, C 140, R 169, C 195.] 



HAP. Western United States, from the eastern base of the Rocky 

 Mountains to the Pacific coast, and south over the plateau region of 

 Mexico. 



510. Carpodacus frontalis (SAY).C, ^u^lc-^ , (^ 



House Finch. 



Fringilla frontalis SAY, LONG'S Exp. II. 1824, 40. 

 Carpodacus frontalis GRAY, Gen. B. II. 1844, 384. 



[B 308, C 141, R 170, C 196.] 

 HAB. Middle Province of the United States. 



