Perching Birds Marked "With Red 



5 18. Cassin Purple Finch {Carpodacus cassini) . L. 



65. Ad. cf. Similar to Ad. tf of No. 5'7 and No. 

 5 - i 7a, but back much blacker, streaks more sharply 

 defined; crown as bright but appearing like a cap; be- 

 low much paler. Ad. ?. Similar to Ad ? of No. 

 517a but larger and more sharply streaked with black, 

 both above and below. Notes. Resemble those or 

 No. 517. 



Ranee -Western United States, east to the eastern base of the 

 Rockies, west to the Pacific; breeds in the mountains from New 

 Mexico north to British Columbia. 



5 19. House Finch [Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis) . 

 L. 6.1; W. 3.1. Ad. cf\ Throat, breast, fore/wad, line 

 over' eye, and rump, bright rose-red; back grayish 

 brown tinged with red; belly white, streaked with 

 brownish. Ad. ?. Above brownish gray obscurel> 

 streaked with brownish, no olive tint; below white 

 streaked with brownish. Ad. rj' in Winter. Red 

 areas dull purplish pink tipped with grayish. Yng. 

 Resemble Ad. ?. Notes. Call, nasal, in chorus, 

 chattering; song, a musical cheery, varied warble, re- 

 minding one of that of No. 517, but recognizably diff- 

 erent. 



Range— Western United States, east to the Plains, west to the 

 Pacific, and from northern Mexico north to southern Wyoming and 

 Oregon. 



5 19b. St. Lucas House Finch (C. m. ruberrimus). 



Similar to No. 519, but smaller, W. 2.8; red more ex- 

 tended, always showing in males on under tail-coverts. 



Range, — Southern Lower California. 



5 I 9c. San Clemente House Finch (C. m. dementis) 



Similar to No. 519, but wing and tail averaging short- 

 er, the bill decidedly, and feet slightly larger; colora- 

 tion somewhat darker. W. 3; B. .48. (Ridgw.) 



Range. — Santa Barbara Island, California; Todos Santos Island, 

 Lower California. 



520. Guadalupe House Finch {Carpodacus ampins). 

 Similar to No. 519, but red deeper; back dark brown 

 without red suffusion. 



Range. — Guadalupe Island, Lower California. 



520.1 San Benito House Finch (Carpodacus mc- 

 gregori). Similar to No. 519, but much larger with 

 relatively shorter wings and tail; above much grayer 

 and more distinctly streaked; red areas paler, more 

 flesh-colored, often dull yellow; W. 3.7.; T. 2.5; B. .5. 

 (Ridgw.) 



Range. — San Benito Island, Lower California. 



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