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sides of head, tbroat i^but not cbin), and rest of lower parts, except lower tail- 

 coverts, unil'orin pale asli-gray, lighter on cheeks; lower tailcoverts and under 

 wing-coverts white. Adult female: Similar to male, but lower parts and sides of 

 head vinaceous-gray, or cinnamon-gray, instead of clear ash-gray. Length about 

 0.50, -wing 3.50-3,55, tail 3.00-3.25. Hdb. Xorthern Alaska (Nulato) and portions 

 of Siberia 51(J. P. cassini (Baird). Cassin's Bullfinch. 



Ge.nis CARPODACUS K.\iP. (Page 3S3, pi. CVI., figs. 2, 3.) 

 Species. 



Common Ch.\racters. — AJult males with the plumage partly or chiefly red- 

 dish ; adult females olivaceous or graj'ish above, streaked with darker, beneath 

 whitish, conspicuouslj- streaked with dusky or brownish gray. 



(('. Tail ver}- much shorter than wing, deeply emarginated ; adult males with wing- 

 feathers edged with reddish. JVest a rather flat, thin structure, composed of 

 fine dry rootlets, grasses, etc., on horizontal branches of trees. Eggs 2-4, 

 greenish blue or bluish green, finely speckled, chiefly on larger end, with 

 black and dark brown. (Subgenus Carpodacus.) 

 IK Lower tail-coverts without distinct dusky streaks; depth of bill through 

 base equal to or greater than length of gonys. Adult males: Above dark 

 dull madder-pink, clearer on rump, deeper and brighter on top of head, 

 the back more or less obscured by darker centres to feathers, and often 

 (especially' in winter) by grayish edgings; feathers of back streaked me- 

 dially with dusky ; lower parts, except belly and lower tail-coverts, 

 dull madder-pink, the sides strongly tinged or washed with this color. 

 Adult females : Above olivaceous, mixed with grayish, and streaked with 

 darker; sides of head with two distinct brownish stripes, or patches, one 

 covering ear-coverts, the other on each side of throat, the two sepa- 

 rated by a whitish maxillary stripe ; lower parts dull white, conspicu- 

 ouslj- streaked with dusky. Young : Similar to adult female, but colors 

 duller, markings less distinct, and edgings of wing-feathers more buffy 

 or tawn\-. 

 c'. First quill usually longer than fourth. Adult male with sides and 

 flanks usually not tinged with brown, and not distinctly streaked; 

 if streaked, the streaks usually narrow, and sharplj- defined ; back 

 more distinctlj- streaked, red of crown brighter, and that of rump 

 paler and clearer. Adult female: Top of head and back distinctly 

 streaked ; streaks of lower parts broader, darker, and more sharply 

 defined. Length 5.50-G.25. wing (males) 3.15-3.40 (3.27). tail 2.30- 

 2.50 (2.40). Eggs .80 x -a"- J^'jl'- Eastern Xorth America, breed- 

 ing from northern United States northward. 



517. C. purpureas (Gmel.). Purple Finch, 

 c*. First quill usually shorter than lourih. Adult male with sides and flanks 



