284 AVES: PASSEKES. — XLVI. 



473. CARPODACUSMvaiip. (Knfmi'n, (rnit ; fiajcof. bitinpc.) 



894. C. puipureus ((imclin). Prui'LK Fixcii. Everywhere 

 Creaky; ^ lliij-lu-d with red, most intense on tlie crown, fatlinj; 

 below and behind; 9 ulive brown and streaky, with no red; bill 

 stout. L. G. W. 3;|. T. 2i. N. Am., a sweet singer. (Lat., 

 purple, which the bird is not.) 



474. LOXIA Linna'us. (Xo|of, crooked.) 

 a, Winj; with wliiti-. 



89.5. L. leucoptera Gmelin. Wiiitk Winokd Crossbiix. 

 ^ rose red ; two white win<^ bars ; .scapulars black ; 9 brownish 

 olive, speckled with dusky ; rump yellow. L. 6J. W. 3^. T. 2^. 

 N. N. Am., S. in winter, with the next, less common; variable. 

 (XfuAcof, white; TTtpou, wing.) 

 aa. Wini( with no wliiti-. 



89(J. L. curvirostra L. Rki> Crosshill. ^ brick-red; wings 

 dusky, unmarked; 9 brownish, washed with greenish yellow. 

 L. 6. W. 3 J. T. 2^. Northern regions, al)out j)ine woods; 8. 

 in winter, sometimes in large llocks, to Tenn. and Va. (I'^u-) 

 The rather small form in E. U. 8. is var. minor Brchm. The sin- 

 gular bill is adapted for opening nuts. (Lat., curve-bill.) 



475. LEUCOSTICTE Swainson. (XtvKos, white ; (rrncror, 



spotted.) 



897. L. tephrocotis Swainson. Cinnamon-brown; head more 



or less ashy gray; nasal tufts white; quills dusky; tail coverts 



edged with rose pink in adult. L. 6. W. 4. T. 3. Kocky Mts., 



E. to Iowa. (Tf(^pdr, gray ; ovs, ear.) 



476. ACANTHIS Bechstein. (aKavdis, thistle-bird.) 



a. Crown red in hotli srxes, crimson in cf, lustrous brownish-red in ? ; 

 chin l)I.nki>l\ ; no yellow. 



895. A. hornemauni (Ilolbiill). Grkknland RF.npoi.i,. Sides 

 and rump scarcely streaked ; colors very pale. ^ with breast 

 merely pinkish. L. 5. W. 3. T. 2j. Greenland ; the small var. 

 exilipes (Couck) S. to N. U. 8. in winter. (To J. W. Ilornemann.) 



k:i!). a. linaria (L.). Rkd Poll Linnkt. Throat, breast 

 and ruuiit rosy in (J; much streaked above and on sides; rump 



> In thfi vicinity of Carpodaeiu belongs the Old World genus : — 

 I'lisser Hrisson. P. domtjiticus (U) EriioPEAN HorsB Sparrow, ^f rhrstniit 

 brown above, thickly streaked ; ashy below ; throat, lores nnd chin black ; 9 duller, 

 without black ; feet small. L. 6. W. 'JJ. T. 2^. Intrcxluced from Eun>iH- ; abun- 

 dant in all towns E., a nuisance unfortunately long i-a-nt the jwssibility of abatement. 

 (Kh.) 



P. monVmuji (L.). Eiroi-eak Trke Si-amrow. Smaller : (f with black of throat 

 not continn<-d over chest , top of head liver-brown. L. ij \V. JJ. T. "-'i. Europe, 

 uatunUizod alxjut St Lioui*. 



