412 FKINGILLID.E. 



13. Carpodacus cassini. 



Carpodacus cassini, Baird, Proc. Philad. Acad. N.Sci. 1854, p. 119; 

 id. B. N. Amer. p. 414 (1858); Lord, Proc. R. Art. Inst. iv. 

 p. 119(1804); Coues, Ibis, 1865, p. 164; id. Proc. Philad. Acad. 

 N. Set. 1866, p. 80 ; Baird, Ibis, 1867, p. 266 ; Brown, Ibis, 1868, 

 p. 427 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 362 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. 

 p. 107, no. 7512 (1870) ; Cooper, B. Calif, p. 155 (1870) ; Coues, 

 Key N. Amer. B. p. 128 (1872) ; Scl. fy Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. 

 p. 34 (1873) ; Coues, B. N.- West, p. 106 (1874) ; Baird, Brewer, $ 

 Ridgw. i. p. 460, pi. 21. figs. 4, 5 (1874) ; Hensh. Rep. Zool. Expl. 

 100th Merid. p. 240 (1875) ; Ridgw. Rep. Surv. 40th Par. p. 457 

 (1877); id. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 176 (1880); Coues, 

 Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 47 (1882) ; id. Key N. Amer. -B. 2nd 

 ed. p. 347 (1884); Drew, Auk, 1885, p. 16; Hensh. t. c. p. 333; 

 Scott, t. c. p. 349 ; A. O. U. Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 256 (1887). 



Adult male. General colour above brown with a rosy tinge, all the 

 feathers mottled with black centres ; lower back and rump uniform 

 pale rosy ; lesser wing-coverts more uniform than the back, and 

 washed with deep rose-colour ; median and greater coverts blackish, 

 edged with deep rosy, whitish at the ends ; bastard-wing, primary- 

 coverts, and quills dusky brown, edged with lighter brown, tinged 

 with rosy, whiter near the ends of the secondaries ; upper tail- 

 coverts brown with a reddish tinge, and centred with blackish ; tail- 

 feathers dark brown, with lighter brown margins, tinged with rosy ; 

 crown of head deep crimson, contrasting with the hind neck, which 

 is mottled like the back ; lores ashy whitish ; above the ear-coverts a 

 rosy eyebrow ; ear-coverts rosy, with a dusky brown streak along 

 the upper edge, tinged with rosy ; cheeks, throat, and fore neck rosy, 

 washed with deep crimson on the former ; breast rosy, shading off 

 gradually towards the abdomen, which is whitish ; sides of body and 

 flanks browner, washed with rosy ; thighs and under tail-coverts 

 whitish, the latter centred with dusky shaft-lines and tinged with 

 rosy ; under wing-coverts ashy washed with rosy ; asillaries light 

 tawny buff; quills below dusky, ashy along the inner edge. Total 

 length 5-8 inches, culmen 0*55, wing 3 - 75, tail 2-35, tarsus 0-7. 



Adult female. (Similar to the female of C. purjmreus, but larger. 

 Total length 5 - 8 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3-6, tail 2 - 4, tarsus - 75. 



Hah. Western United States from the eastern base of the Rocky 

 Mountains to the Pacific coast, and south over the plateau region of 

 Mexico. (A. 0. U. Check-list, I. c.) 



a, b. d ad. ; British Columbia. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.] 



c, d. 2 ad. sk. 



e. d ad. sk. Stamford, Colorado (G. F. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.J. 



Morcom). 



f, g. d $ ad. sk. California. Lord Walsingham [P.]. 

 //. d ad. sk. Mount Shasta, June 14, 1884 U. S. Nat. Museum. 



(C. H. Townsend; Sm. 

 no. 90805). 

 i. d ad. sk. Mount Shasta, July 30 (C. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.], 



//. Townsend; Sm. no. 

 92380). 



