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0. S. p. E. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 



Comparative measurements of species. 



• No label. 



f Moiiiilcd. 



t Mnunicd ; wings broken off. 



CARPODACUS PURPUREUS, Gray. 



Purple Finch. 



FringiUa purpurea, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 923.— Lath. Ind. I, 1790, 446.— Wilson, Am. Orn. I, 1808, 119 ; 



pi. vii, f. 4.— Ib. V, 1812, 87 ; pi. .xlii, f. 3.— Abd. Orn. Biog. I, 1831, 24 : V, 200 ; pi. 4. 

 Haemorrhous purpurea, Swainson, Birds, II, 1837, 295. 



Erijlhrospiza purpurea, B . List, 1838.— Aud. Syn. 1839, 125.— Ib. Birds Amer. Ill, 1841, 170 ; pi. 19G. 

 Carpodacus purpurea, Gray's Genera, 1844-'49. — P. Conspectus, 1850, 533. — Bon. &. Schlegel, Mon. of Lo.xiens, 



14, tab. XV. 

 1 Loxia riolacea, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1766, 306, 43. (Very uncertain ) 

 Purple finch, Catesbt, Pennant, Lath. Hemp-bird, Bartrabi. 



Sp. Ch — Second f|uill longOFl ; first shorter than third ; considerfthly longer than the fourth. Body crimson, palest on the 

 rump and breast, darkest across the middle of back and wing coverts, where the feathers have dusky centres. Tlio red extends 

 below continuously to the lower part of the breast, and in spots to the tibiae. The belly and under tail coverts white, streaked 

 faintly with brown, except in the very middle. Edges of wings and tail feathers brownisli red ; lesser coverts like the back. 

 Two reddish bands across the wings, (over the ends of the middle and greater coverts.) Lores dull grayish. Length, 6.25 

 inches ; wing, 3.34 ; tail, 2 50 ; hill above, .46. 



Female olivaceous brown ; brighter on the rump. Beneath white. All the feathers everywhere streaked with brown, except 

 on the middle of the belly and under coverts a superciliary light stripe. 



Hab. — North America, from Atlantic to the high central plains. 



