FINCHES 



ton and Oregon, and throughout California in 

 the mountains and foothills country. Id 

 habits and nesting it is the same as the Cali- 

 fornia purple finch but its song is said to be 

 even finer. 



The Cassin purple finch differs con- 

 siderably from the California in its coloration. 

 The squarish crown patch is crimson and the 

 wash on breast and sides is decidedly pink 

 instead of purplish. 



It is reported that the Cassin purple finch is 

 met with along the entire high Sierras from 

 Mt. Shasta southwards. The winter storms 

 only drive them a little lower down to the 

 shelter of the brush, or in severe seasons to 

 the foothills. With the return of spring the 

 flocks go back to their pine-covered haunts in 

 the higher altitudes. They breed north to 

 the Spokane country where they are com- 

 monly found in the foothills, and in the 

 Wallowa country of eastern Oregon. 



Hepburn rosy finch, Leucosticte tephro- 



cotis littoralis. 6.50 



Distribution: High mountain districts of 



northwestern North America, from Alaska 



south through the interior mountain ranges 



of British Columbia, Washington and Oregon; 



straggling eastward to the Rocky Mountains; 



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