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Stone, Auk, xi, 1894, 182 (Pocono Mts., Pennsylvania, July). — Baily, Auk, 



xiii, 1896, 294 (Elk Co., Pennsylvania, breeding) . — Nehrling, Our Native 



Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 29. 

 C.lmyodacHs'] purpureus Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1844, 384. — Cabanis, Mus. Hein., 



i, 1851, 165.— Nelson, Bull. Essex Inst., viii, 1876, 105, 152 (n. e. Illinois, 



a few breeding). — Coues, Key N.Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 346, part. — 



Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 381. 

 ICarpodacusI piirjMreus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 533. — Gray, Hand-list, 



ii, 1870, 101, no. 7509.— Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 128, part. 

 [Car2wdams purpureas'] var. jnnpureus Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. 



Am. Birds, i, 1874, 459. 



CARPODACUS PURPUREUS CALIFORNICUS (Baird). 

 CALIFORNIA PURPLE FINCH. 



Similar to ( '. i>. putyureus^ but wing- shorter, witli the ninth (outer- 

 most) primar}' usually shorter than sixth, tail longer, and coloration 

 different in both sexes. 



Adult male. — Similar to adult male of 0.2)- purpureus^ but darker, the 

 rump much darker wine purple, and the back more decidedly reddish, 

 thus giving' to the upper surface a more uniform aspect; length (skins), 

 132.08-154.94 (111.73); wing, 76.96-81.28 (79.76); tail, 57.91-61.72 

 (59.69); exposed culmen, 10.67-12.45 (11.68); depth of bill at base, 

 8.89-10.16 (9.91); tarsus, 17.78-18.80 (18.29); middle toe, 12.95-15.24 

 (13.97).^ 



Admit female. — Similar to adult female of C. j>- J^iirpureus., but color 

 of upper parts averaging darker, more uniform, and decidedly more 

 olivaceous or olive-greenish; length (skins), 129.54-14o.59 (139.70); 

 wing, 74.93-78.74 (77.22); tail, 53.34-59.18 (57.40); exposed culmen, 

 10.41-12.45 (11.43); depth of bill at base, 9.40-10.41 (9.91); tarsus, 

 17.27-18.29 (17.78); middle toe, 12.70-14.99 (13.72).- 



Pacific coast district of North America, from southern California 

 to British Columbia (including Vancouver Island), breeding in moun- 

 tains; east to Cascade Mountains and Sierra Nevada; during migration 

 southeastward (casually?) to southern Arizona (Santa Catalina Moun- 

 tains, Nov. to Feb.). 



Erythrospha purpurea (not Fringilla purpurea Gmelin) Gambel, Journ. Ac. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 2d ser., i, 1847, 53 (Monterey, California, winter). 



CarjMdacus 2)>(rpureus {not oi Baird) Heermanx, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci., 2d ser., ii, 

 1852, 267 (California); Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, pt. iv, 1859, 50 (Calave- 

 ras R., California). — Newberry, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., vi, pt. iv, 1857, 88 

 (California; Oregon). — Brown, Ibis, 1868, 421 (Vancouver I.).— Coues, 

 Check List, 1873, no. 139, part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 194, part; Birds N. W., 

 1874, 106, part.— Nelson, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvii, 1875, 358 (Nevada, 

 California, Oct.). — Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1876,238 

 (Mount Whitney, California, Oct.).— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 

 1888, 409, part (Brit. Columbia; California). 



^ Seventeen specimens. ^ Thirteen specimens. 



