SUMMER GROUP — BLUE OR RED LIST 53 



115. PURPLE FINCH. 



Carmine, brownish. 

 6. Large bill ; crown-feathers, erectile ; throughout, car- 

 mine of varied intensity, fore-part brightest ; back, dark- 

 streaked ; wings and tail, darker ; abdomen, white ; ? , olive- 

 brown, dark-streaked ; abdomen, white. 



Breeds throughout, but sparingly in Pa. and N. J.; in winter, rarely 

 north to Mass., occasionally in Ad'r'ks, but rather abundant in Pa. ; 

 nest, of various vegetable fibres, in tree, not far from ground; eggs, lat- 

 ter part of May, 4-5, pale green, thinly dark-spotted ; a fine warbler. 



116. VESPER SPARROW. 



Grayish-brown, dark-streaked White, streaked. 



6. Wing-patch, chestnut ; see 6, 



117. FIELD SPARROW. 



Light brown, dark-streaked Brownish-white. 



5)^. Crown, reddish ; see 70, 



118. RUBY-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD. 



Golden-green Ruby, white. 



2J4' Wings and tail, brownish-purple ; tail, forked or 

 emarginate ; throat, metallic ruby-red ; sides, green ; breast 

 and abdomen, white ; ? , smaller ; tail, black-barred ; outer 

 feathers, white-tipped ; throat, white. 



Nest, delicate and elegant ; eggs, early June, 2, white ; America 

 (North and South) alone of all the continents possesses humming- 

 birds. 



Winter Birds Found Regularly or Occasionally in 



Summer. 



{T/ie bird'' s proper number precedes, its length follozus, its name.) 



184. Brown Creeper; 5^; Mass. and northward, and in 

 mts. of Pa., regularly. 



