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Genus CARPODACUS Kaup. 

 186. Carpodacus purpureas ('rme(.K Purple Finch. 



Regular migrant; S'jmetimes winter resident in the southern part of the State. 

 In the winter of 18S7-8 they remained all winter as far north as Dekalb County 



Bill of Purple Finch. 



(Mrs. Hine). They douhtle-s occasionally remain through tlie summer in the 

 northexn part of the State. 'J'hey are most common in Southern Indiana in spring, 

 when ihey may be found in (lucks feeding upon the elm bade. 



Gekus LOXIA Lis-X-eus. 



187. Loxia curvirostra minor {Brihm). Americ.in Crossbill. 



Irregular winter vi.silor ihr.uighout the State, uiost numerous northward, where 

 they are, some winters, very common. In the hotithern part of ihe Stale they are 

 comparatively rare, and are most often sien in spring and autumn. They are 

 usually more often noted throughout the Stale during the migrations. In the 

 northern part of the Slate they sorattimes remain until late April and early May. 

 Delaware County, April 17, 18SS (William-on) ; Dekalb County, April 27, '89 

 (Snyder), April 29, '90 (H. W. McBride) ; Lake County, May, 1887 (Parker). A 

 most unusual occurrence was the identiticalion of severjl birds of this species near 

 Bloomington, Indiann, by the late Mr. C H. Bollman, July Id, 13 and 14, 1886- 

 (Evermann; Hoosier Nat., May, 1887, y. 141.) 



188. Loxia leucoptera Gmel. White wixgkd Cbosshill. 



'iVin'er visitor, of r»re «nd irregular occurrence generally. The first record 

 known to me is a pair obtained at Ft. Wayne, about 1878. The female is now in 

 the cjllectiou of Mr. C. A. Stnckbridge. I'rof. B. W. P>ermann obtained several 



White-wln?ed Crossbill. 



in Monroe County, in February, 1883. Mr. J. W. Byrkit informs me that they 

 were found in numbers in company with Tnxia americanc in the winter and spring 

 of 1883-4, near Michigan Ciiy, Indiana. 



