Perching Birds Marked With Red. 



522. White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera). 

 L. 6. Tips of mandibles crossed. Ad. tf. Rose- 

 pink; middle of back black; wings with two white bars. 

 Ad. 9« Olive-green and dusky; rump and under- 

 pays yellower; wings with two white bars. Yng. Like 

 Ad. 9' Notes. Resemble those of No. 521. 



Range. — Northern North America; breeds from northern New 

 England, northern New York and northern Michigan northward; 

 winters south irregularly to Virginia, Illinois, British Columbia, and 

 Nevada. 



,\595. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Zamelodia ludovicia- 

 rtajT L. 8. Ad. <j\ Black; rump, belly, tips of 

 inner vanes of outer tail-feathers and patch in wing 

 white; under wing-coverts and breast rose. Ad. $. 

 Under wing-coverts saffron; above streaked brown and 

 black; below whitish streaked with blackish; a white 

 line over eye\ two white wing-bars. Yng. tf. Resem- 

 bles 9> but under wing-coverts rose-, breast more or 

 less rose-tinged. Notes. Call, a sharp, steely peek; 

 song, a rich, fluent, joyous carol. 



Range. — Eastern United States, west to the Plains; breeds from 

 northern New Jersey, northern Ohio, and northern Indiana (and 

 south in Alleghanies to North Carolina), north to Nova Scotia and 

 Manitoba; winters in Central and South America. 



5 I 7. Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureas). L. 6.2; 



W. 3.2. Bill swollen and rounded; nostrils large, 

 partially covered by projecting, grayish, bristly feath- 

 ers; tail slightly forked. Ad. <$. Dull rose, head and 

 rump brightest; back brownish; lower belly white. 

 Ad. 9. Above grayish brown, slightly edged with 

 whitish and brownish ashy; below white streaked with 

 dark brownish; a more or less distinct whitish stripe 

 over the eye. Yng. Resemble Ad. 9- Notes. Call, 

 creak, creak, and a querulous whistle; song, a sweet, 

 rapidly flowing warble. (Seepage 175.) 



Range. Eastern North America, west to the Plains; breeds from 

 northern New Jersey, the mountains of Pennsylvania, and northern 

 Illinois northward; winters from the northern States to the Gulf of 

 Mexico. 



5 17a. California Purple Finch (C p. californicus). 

 Similar to No. 517, but tf duller and darker; 9 decided- 

 ly olive greenish above. (See page 175.) 



Range.— Pacific coast region; breeds in the mountains of Califor- 

 nia; west of the Sierra north to British Columbia; winters from cen- 

 tral Oregon to southern Arizona. 



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