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AVIFAUNA COLUMBIANA. 



?§. (115.) Pinicola enucleator (Linn.) VUille. ( P. canadensis of the original edition.) 

 Pine Grosbeak. 

 An extremely rare and probably only accidental visitor in severe 

 winters. [1^°] 



>W ; 





Fig. 25.— Pine Grosbeak. 



79. (116.) Carpodacus purpureus (Gm.) Gray. Purple Finch. 



A winter visitant, very abundant at that season, and highly gregari- 

 ous. It arrives from the North early in October, and remains until 

 May; stragglers may indeed be seen during most of that month, but 

 the majority of the birds depart as soon as the leaves are fully expanded 



Pit. 





Fig. 26.— Purple Finch. 



and the buds and blossoms upon which they delight to feed are no longer 

 to be secured. They frequent high, open woods, the shade trees along 

 roadsides, the fruit trees of orchards, and come into full song before 

 their departure. [ 194] 



80. ( — .) Loxia leucoptera Gm. White- wedged Cross-bill j and 



