CARPODACUS. Ze 
Carpodacus purpureus (Gimvl.). 
Fringilla purpurea, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 417, tab. xxxv. fig. 4 
(1845-54). 
Carpodacus purpureus, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds,1. p. 462 
(1874); Brooks, Ibis, 1884, p. 235; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. 
p- 409 (1888) | purt.]; Nehrk. Kat. Liersamml. p.111 (1899) ; Sharpe, 
Hand-l. v. p. 264 (1908). 
Carpodacus purpureus purpureus, Ridyw. Birds North §& Middle Amer. i. 
p. 128 (1901). 
Eggs of the Purple Rose-Finch are of a pointed oval shape and 
have a very slight amount of gloss. They are blue, spotted and 
speckled with dark brown or black and underlying pale violet-grey. 
The markings are most frequent over the broader half of the egg, 
and sometimes form a wreath or zone round the large end. 
Specimens measure from *72 to ‘9 in length, and from *55 to ‘6 in 
breadth. 
1. North America. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
8. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
2. Eastern United States. Crowley Bequest. 
1. Massachuvetts (7. M. Brewer: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
4. West Newbury, Massachusetts, W. Radcliffe Saunders, Es Je 
23rd May (G. £. Gilman). seed 
Carpodacus californicus, Baird. 
Carpodacus purpureus, var. californicus, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. 
Amer. Birds, i. p. 465 (1874); Cooper, Bull. Nutt. Orn. C. iii. p. 3 
(1878). 
Carpodacus purpureus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 409 (1888) 
[ part. ]. 
Carpodacus purpureus californicus, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. 
i. p. 130 (1901). 
Carpodacus californicus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 265 (1908). 
An egg of the Californian Rose-Finch is indistinguishable from 
those of C. purpureus. It measures *79 by -d6. 
1. Western North America. W. Radcliffe Saunders, E-q. 
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Carpodacus cassini, Baird. 
(Plate X. fig. 19.) 
Carpodacus cassini, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 412 (1888) ; Ridgw 
Birds North § Middle Amer. i. p. 126 (1901); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 
p. 265 (1908). | 
Four eggs of Cassin’s Rose-Finch are of a long pointed oval form 
and slightly glossy. They are either uniform pale blue or with a 
