CARPODACUS, 221 



CarpoJacus purpureus {Gmd.). 



^""fi'i^o^^r'"' ^'"'' ^'■'^^""^- ^''- ^''^- P- ^1"' tab. XXXV. fi. 4 

 Carpojh^us purpureas Z?«,>^5..,.r. 4- 7^/rf^,.. .y. .4w.. Dirds,\. p. 462 



hav^^? verl^'sli^hT'''' ^'^T"^!"'^/^ ^^^ «f ^^ I-inted oval shape and 

 liavL a veiy bliuht amount ot gloss. Tliey are blue spotted and 

 speckled wzth dark brown or blaok and underlying pal^ S .rev 

 The markings a,e most frequent over the broader half of the°eS' 

 and sometimes form a wreath or .one round the We enf' 

 bSr" """" '™" ''''' ■' "^ ^'^■'°^"'' -^ f™- •- To -0 in 

 1. North America. ^oi,;,,/^..! /^ n 



Carpodacus californicus, Baird. 

 Carpodacus purpureus, var. californicus, Baird, Brewer & Ridnm V 



^''^[pS'J. P^-'P"'-*^"^' '^^'«'^-' ^«^- ^-/^- ^- ^^/. xii. p. 409 (1888) 

 Carpockcus^purpureus californicus, Ridy^c. Birds Sortk 4' Middle A.ner. 

 Carpodacus californicus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 26-5 (1908). 



thotroTr"'^ '^' Californian Kose-Finch is indistinguishable from 

 those ot C. purpureus. It measures -79 by -56. 



1. Western North America. W.^Radcliffe Saunders, E.-cl 



Carpodacus cassini, Baird. 

 (Plate X. fig. 19.) 

 Carpodacus cassini, &harpe, Cat. Birds B. M xii n 41 •> ^«^S^. P-^ 



ancfsl"hT.fos^v"'Th''""^"fK' "" "■'. ^ ^°"'" ^'''^'''^ "-^ form 

 ano silently gWj . Ihey are either uniform pale blue or with a 



