of the District of Montreal. ^305 



lake ; throat, and upper part of the breast, and inner wing coverts 

 rich lake ; the lake on the throat occasionally descending in a 

 medial line on the breast ; flanks white with a few black spots ; 

 belly, vent and tail coverts white. 



The young bird and female are varied " with pale flaxen, dark 

 olive, and whitish." In the female there is no lake on the breast 

 or wings ; but the young male has a roseate tinge on the flaxen 

 throat, and the lake wing linings as perfect as in the old male ; 

 its upper mandible also is brownish. 



2nd primary is longest ; 1st a little shorter than the 3rd, and 

 of equal length with the 4th. Length 8 inches; alar breadth 10 J 

 inches. 



F. purpurea. Purple Finch. 



Carpodacus purpureus. Gm. ! Gray ! Baird ! 



V.S.P. Bill brownish horn colour ; legs and feet brownish 

 white ; irides hazel ; eggs unknown. 



Dorsal aspect. Shining lake colour ; most varied on the head, 

 and neck, and rump ; the centre of the dorsal feathers being 

 brownish black ; wings and tail, dusky brown, edged on the outer 

 vanes with lake ; greater and smaller wing coverts blackish brown 

 edged with lake. 



Ventral aspect. Chin, throat, breast, and sides of the belly, 

 rich lake colour ; vent and tail coverts white, tinged rosaceous. 



2nd primary longest ; 1st and 3rd subequal ; tail subfnrcate. 

 Length 6j- inches ; alar expanse 8j- inches ; crest erectile at 

 pleasure. 



" Female and young varied with pale brown, and dusky with- 

 out crimson ; beneath yellowish white, spotted with dusky brown." 

 Genus Pyrrhula. 



Gen. char. Bill short, gibbous ; tip of upper mandible deflected 

 over the lower; nostrils basal, lateral, rounded, and usually con- 

 cealed by the frontlet feathers ; tarsus shorter than the middle 

 toe ; all of them free ; 4th primary longest ; tail subrotund or 

 square ; tongue thick and fleshy. 



P. enucleator. Pine Grosbeak. — Canadian Bulfinch. 

 Loxia enucleator of Wilson. 

 Pinicola Canadensis. Baird ! 



V. 8. p. ETV. Bill, legs and ftet brownish horn colour; irides 

 hazel ; eggs 4 or 5, white. 



Dorsal aspect. Crown, nape of neck and rump, bright lake 

 colour; dorsal region and scapulars blackish brown, broadly 

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