106 



CARPODACUS PURPUREUS CARPODACUS CASSINI. 



are in the Sinithsoiiiau. One taken in New Brunswick, May 7, 1865, by 

 Mr. G. A. Boardmau ; the other from James' Bay. The color is a pecu- 

 liar pale bluish-gray, or pale bluish with a glaucous shade, tliicklj^ 

 speckled at the larger end with reddish-brown, and elsewhere sparingly 

 si)rinkled with the same and a few darker dots. A specimen measures 

 0.97 by 0.G5. 



CARPODACUS PURPUREUS, (Gm.) Gray. 



Purple Finch, 



FringiUa purpurea, Gm., Svst. Nat. i, 1788, 923.— Lath., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 446.— WiLS., 



Am. Orn. i, 1808, 119, pi. 7, f. 4 ; v, 1812, 87, pi. 43, f. 3.— Bp., Syn. 1828, 114.— 



AuD., Oru. Biog. i, 1831, 24 ; v, 500, pi. 4.— Sw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 264.— 



NuTT., Mau. i, 1832. 

 En/throHjjiza purpurea, Bp., List, 1838, 34.— Aud., B. Am. iii, 1841, 170, pi. 196.— GiR., 



B. L. I. 1844, 126.— TiiiPPE, Pr. Ess. Inst, vi, 1871, 116 (Minuesota). 

 Carpodaeus purjmreus, Gpay. — Bp.. C. A. i, 1850, 533. — Newb., P. R. R. Rep. vi, 1857, 



88.— Bi)., B. N. A. 1858, 412.— Heekm., P. R. R. Rep. x, 1859, 50.— Hayd:, Rep. 



1862, 164.— CoUES, Key, 1872, 128, pi. 75.— B. B. & R., N. A. B. i, 1874, 463, pi. 



21, f. 7, 8 ; iiucl of nearlj- all late United States writers. 

 Carpodacus californicus, Bo., B. N. A. 1858, 413, pi. 72, f. 23. — Coop. & Suck., N. H. 



Wash. Ter. 1860, 196.— Coop., B. Cal. i, 1870, 1.54. 

 Carpodacus purpureus var. californicus, B. B. &, R., N. A. B. i, 1874, 465, pi. 21, f. 10, 11. 



Hah. — United States from Atlantic to Pacific, excepting, probably, the Southern 

 Rocky Mountain region, where replaced by the following siiecies. North to the Sas- 

 katchewan and Labrador. Winters in the Southern States. 



Lieutenant Warren's Expedition. — 4853, Vermilion River. 



Not obtained by Captain Raynolds' Expedition. 



Dr. Haydeu's suspicion that this species does not occur on the upper- 

 most Missouri may i)rove correct. I have found it, however, as high up 

 as Fort Randall. This was in October ; I observed small liocks in shrub- 

 bery, feeding on and near the ground. Very cold weather setting in 

 soon after, no more were observed, and I think that they all move<l oft" 

 southward. I found it breeding on Turtle Mountain, Dakota, in July. 

 The egg is clear pale bluish, irregularly dotted, but chietly in a wreatli 

 around the large end, with very dark blackish-brown — almost black in 

 some instances; in others lighter. An average egg is 0.80 by 0.00 ; but 

 I have seen specimens from 0.85 by 0,57 (abnormally elongate) to 

 0.75 by 0.50. 



I have failed to substantiate any tangible distinctions between the 

 bird of the Pacific coast and the ordinary form. 



CARPODACUS CASSINI, Bd. 



Oassin's Purple Finch. 



Carpodacus cassini, Bd., Pr. Phila. Acad. 1854, 119.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 414.— Kenn., P. 

 R. R. Rep. X, 1859, 27, pi. 27, f. 1.— Loud, Pr. Roy. Arty. Inst, iv, 1864, 119 

 (British Columbia).— CouES, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, 80.— Sol., P. Z. S. 1869, 362 

 (city of Mexico).— Coop., B. Cal. i, 155.— Mei:u., U. S. Gcol. Surv. Ter. 1872, 

 678.— CouES, Key, 1872, 128.— B. B. & R., N. A. B. i, 1874, 460, pi. 21, f. 4, 5. 



(?) Carpodacus purpureus, Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 176 (Colorailo and Utah). 



llab. — Southern Rocky Mountain region. North to British Columbia. l)etween Cas- 

 cades and Rocky Mountains. Table-lauds of Mexico. (ScL. Sl Salv., P. Z. S. 1869, 3{yi.) 



List of specimens. 



192.-0 

 19251 





W. River Mts. 

 do 





June 5, 1860 

 do 



F. V. Havden. 

 do.' 



6.50 

 6.50 



11.25 

 11.00 



3..'50 

 3.75 



