82 BIRDS. 



3, CARPODACUS, Kaup. Purple Finches. 



1. C. purpureas, (Gmei.) Gray. Purple Finch. Every 

 where streaky; $> flushed with red, most intense on the 

 crown, fading ])elow and behind; ? olive ])rown with 

 no red; bill stout; L. 6; W. 3^; T. 2^. U. S., a fine 

 songster. 



4. LOXiA, Linnaeus, Crossbills. 



1. L. leucoptera, (Gmel.) White Winged Crossbill. 



^ rose red; white wing bars; $ brownish olive, speckled 

 with dusky; rump yellow; L. 6^; W. 3-^-; T. 2^. North- 

 ern, tS. in winter. 



2. L curvirostra, L. Red Crossbill. ^ brick -red; 

 wings unmarked; ? brownish olive; L. 6; W. 3^; T. 2t2-. 

 Northern regions and pine woods; S. in winter. 



5. ACANTHIS, Bechstein. Linnets. 



1. A. linarius, (L.) Bech. FIed Poll Linnet. Crown 

 crimson in both sexes; throat, breast and rump also rosy 

 in ^; much streaked above; chin ])lackish; L. 5f ; W. 3; 

 T. 2|-. Northern, S. in winter, in flocks. 



2. A. flavirostris, (L.) var, brewsieri, Ridgway. Brews- 

 ter's Linnet. No red on crown or breast; rump rosy in 

 6; yellow in ?; L. 5i; W. 3; T. ^. Mass., lately dis- 

 covered. 



6. CHRYSOMITRIS, Boie. Goldfinches. 



* Sexes alike; plumage thickly streaked everywhere; no black 

 on head ; bill ver}^ sharp. {Ghry.^omitris) 



1. C. pinus, (Wils.) Bon. Pine Linnet. Plumage 

 streaky brown, suff"used with yellow in the breeding 

 season; bases of quills and tail feathers yellow, much 

 as in the female Redstart; L. 4f; W. 2f ; T. 2. N. 

 Am., rather northwr.rd. but liable to " turn up " any where. 



