FRINGILLID^E : Finches, Sparrows, etc. 



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California Res. West of 

 desert divide. Common. Upper 

 Sonoran and Lower Transition 

 Zones. Low foothills in winter, 

 especially oak-grown canyons; 

 occasionally in shrubbery of 

 lowlands. (Map shows summer 

 range only.) 



Call forma Purple Finch 



Southern California Res. 

 Common. Nests in conifer- 

 ous forest of high mountains. 

 Occurs at lower levels in winter, 

 but rarely strays into valleys. 



Arizona Recorded as 

 breeding in mountains east- 

 ward, but generally a migrant 

 and winter visitant, in moun- 

 tains. 



Cassin Purple Finch 



Res. Abundant. Sono- 

 ran Zones, though wander- 

 ing high in mountains in late 

 summer. Distribution reg- 

 ulated by water-supply. 

 Nests about buildings in 

 city and country, or in tree 

 yuccas or cactus of the 

 desert. 



House Finch '.Linnet 



Res. Abundant. Islands off the coast of southern California. 



