412 0. 8. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
Comparative measurements of species. 
Catal. Species. Locality. Sex. | Length. Stretch | Wing Tail. Tarsus! Middle hes claw) Bill Along | Specimen 
No. | of wings. | toe. | alone. | above.| gape measured. 
eseoes| Carpodacus purpureus...|........ Sealeiaceessicfisesse. 5.80 | SKin* sae oe 
TOGi leeesuae oedorseeess qessees| (Carlisle, Pas. s< 3 | 5.52|.. Skinasses 
do. 5.83 Fresh...'...» 
1380 5.50 SKIN... voesee 
do. A +| 6.41 Fresh....... 
10230 | Carpodacus californicus..| Fort Tejon ....... 3 DEOU fist Beeooccs 
PODSIyleeeewepssesd Ossie sess ancaaa accecn doreerscoten Q 5.44 Skin’ sess 
6420 | Carpodacus eassini.......| Camp 104, Pueblo fof 6.02 Skin. .c.cece 
creek, N, M. 
dO. | .00c00000-d0 5.50 | 10,00 | 7.00 |eceee seen sees lees ewes seen eens sisisioje's(a'=\| (a sesivcist|| LES Dieesicine 
6421 ssieieo en AO, 6.10 Jecceeese 3.56 | 2.72 0.74 0.76 0,20 0.50 0.56! | SKin os... 
dO. |sccceeveesdO. s+) 5.50 | 9,00 | 3.00]... peeee|eeceares[evee cae] sonveecs eeeecess Fresh 2... 
(O27 eoguooaads Oss cecccsvevcce | 16 miles west of Al- | Q bys Bisseacre 3.36 | 2.40 0.68 0.78 0.20 0.48 0.53 | Skin . 
buquerque. 
4568 | Carpodacus haemorrhous. | Mexico.......se0../eeee9*| 5.60 |oee 3.10 | 2.78 0.68 0 68 0.16 0.40 0.50) Skinf....... 
5547 | Carpodacus frontalis.....) Petaluma, Cal......| 3 5.40 |....002.| 3.08 | 2,74 0.68 0.60) 0.18 0.38 0.50 | Skin......6. 
8548 |... SyalofeleUOanininta staisverniaieinicl| csielelvic COveiceseicaisn 3 Deol leteraisiere oe 3.10 | 2.78 0.68 0.74} 0.18 0,39 0.48 | Bkin ....ee 
G429 |e eeee eee MO. eeeeee ceeees) Sacramento valley..| Q 5.40 |eseceee-| 2.92 | 2.54 0.69 | 0.68 0.18 0.40 0.47 | Skin ......6 
2886 pale ele sicinlelnile: MMVLCXECO sisisielalatelssieinia 3 | 6.00 |........ encecs(tdal4 0.68 0.72; 0.17 0.41 0.50 | Skinf. 2... 
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* No label. { Mounted. { Mounted ; wings broken off. 
Sp. Cu.—Second quill longest; first shorter than third ; considerably longer than the fourth. 
rump and breast, darkest across the middle of back and wing coverts, where the feathers have dusky centres. 
CARPODACUS PURPUREUS, Gray. 
Purple Finch. 
Fringilla purpurea, Gmewin, Syst. Nat. J, 1788, 923.—Laru. Ind. 1, 1790, 446.—Witson, Am. Orn. I, 1808, 119 ; 
pl. vii, f. 4—Is. V, 1812, 87; pl. xlii, f. 3—Avp. Orn. Biog. I, 1831, 24: V, 200; pl. 4. 
Haemorrhous purpurea, Swainson, Birds, II, 1837, 295. 
Erythrospiza purpurea, Br. List, 1838.—Avp. Syn. 1839, 125.—In. Birds Amer. III, 1841, 170; pl. 196, 
Carpodacus purpurea, Gray’s Genera, 1844-"49.—Br. Conspectus, 1850, 533.—Bon. & Scutecer, Mon. of Loxiens, 
2 Lowxia violacea, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1766, 306, 43. 
14, tab. xv. 
Purple finch, Caressy, Pennant, Laru. 
(Very uncertain.) 
Hemp-bird, Bartram. 
Body crimson, palest on the 
The red extends 
below continuously to the lower part of the breast, and in spots to the tibiae. The belly and under tail coverts white, streaked 
faintly with brown, except in the very middle. 
Two reddish bands across the wings, (over the ends of the middle and greater coverts.) Lores dull grayish. 
inches ; wing, 3.34; tail, 2.50; bill above, .46. 
Female olivaceous brown; brighter on the rump. Beneath white. All the feathers everywhere streaked with brown, except 
on the middle of the belly and under coverts a superciliary light stripe. 
Hab.—North America, from Atlantic to the high central plains. 
Edges of wings and tail feathers brownish red ; lesser coverts like the back. 
Length, 6.25 
