WOODLAND BIRDS. 



47 



No. 47. 



Genus: Carpodacus. 



PURPLE FINCH. 



Species: C. purpureas. 



Distribution: 



Common summer resident of northern New England, often 

 wintering in the southern portions. 



Date of Arrival: April first. 



Date of Departure: November. 



General Plumage: 



Male, carmine, back darkly streaked, belly whitish. Female 

 and immature birds brownish olive streaked with dusky, belly 

 white. Bill and feet dark. Length about 6.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A warbling song and a number of call notes, rendered 

 " chink " and " pewee." 



Haunts: 



Woodland country. 



