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GENUS CARPODACUS KATJP. 



Carpodacus KAUP, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw., 1829, 161. Type, 

 by subs, desig., Loxia erythrina PALLAS (Gray, 1855). 



SUBGENUS CARPODACUS. 



Carpodacus purpureus (GMELIN). 



RANGE. North America from southern Canada south to the south- 

 ern border of the United States. 



a. Carpodacus purpureus purpureus (GMELIN). Purple Finch. [517.] 

 Fringilla purpurea GMELIN, Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1789, 923. (Carolina.) 



RANGE. Eastern North America. Breeds in Canadian and Transition 

 zones from central British Columbia, northeastern Alberta, northern Ontario 

 (Moose Factory), central Quebec (Gaspe Basin), and Newfoundland to south- 

 ern Alberta, North Dakota (Turtle Mountains), central Minnesota, northern 

 Illinois, Pennsylvania (mountains), northern New Jersey, and Long Island; 

 winters from considerably north of the southern boundary of its breeding 

 range to the Gulf coast from Texas to Florida; accidental in Colorado. 



&. Carpodacus purpureus calif ornicus BAIRD. California Purple Finch. 



[517a.] 



Carpodacus calif ornicus BAIRD, Rep. Expl. & Surv. R. R. Pac., IX, 1858, 

 413. (Fort Tejon, California.) 



RANGE. Breeds In Upper Sonoran and Transition zones from southern 

 British Columbia and Vancouver Island to Riverside County, California, and 

 east to the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountains; in winter to extreme south- 

 ern California and the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona. 



Carpodacus cassini BAIRD. Cassin's Purple Finch. [518.] 



Carpodacus cassinii BAIRD, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1854, 119 ("Camp 

 104, Pueblo Creek," about 10 miles east of Gemini Peaks, Arizona.) 



RANGE. Western United States. Breeds in Boreal zones of 

 mountains from southern British Columbia, northwestern Montana, 

 and northeastern Wyoming to northern Lower California, central 

 Arizona, and northern New Mexico; winters from central California 

 and southern Arizona south over the Mexican plateau to Mt. Orizaba, 

 San Luis Potosi, and the Valley of Mexico. 



