284 ayes: passeres. — xlvi. 



473. CARPODACUS 1 Kaup. (tcapnos, fruit ; Sa«or, biting.) 



894. C. purpureus (Gmelin). Purple Finch. Everywhere 

 streaky; £ flushed with red, most intense on the crown, fading 

 below and behind; 9 olive brown and streaky, with no red; bill 

 stout. I/. C. W. 3^. T. 2\. X. Am., a sweet singer. (Lat., 

 purple, which the bird is not.) 



474. LOXIA Linmeus. (Xo^oy, crooked.) 

 a. Wing with white. 



89."). L. leucoptera Gmelin. White Winged Crossbill. 

 g rose red ; two white wing bars ; scapulars black ; 9 brownish 

 olive, speckled with dusky; rump yellow. L. G\. W. 3^. T. 2\. 

 X. X. Am.. S. in winter, with the next, less common; variable. 

 (AevKoy. white; irrepov, wing.) 

 aa. Wini, r with no white. 



89G. L. curvirostra L. Red Crossbill. <£ brick-red; wings 

 dusky, unmarked; 9 brownish, washed with greenish yellow. 

 L. 6. W. Z\. T. 1\. Xorthern regions, about pine woods; S. 

 in winter, sometimes in large flocks, to Tenn. and Va. (Eu.) 

 The rather small form in E. U. S. is var. minor Brehm. The sin- 

 gular bill is adapted for opening nuts. (Lat., curve-bill.) 



475. LT2UCOSTICTE Swainson. (Aeuicor, white ; vtiktos, 



spotted.) 



897. L. tephrocotis Swainson. Cinnamon-brown; head more 

 or less ashy gray ; nasal tufts white ; quills dusky ; tail coverts 

 edged with rose pink in adult. L. 6. W. 4. T. 3. Rocky Mts., 

 E. to Iowa, (reeppos, gray ; ovs, ear.) 



476. ACANTHIS Bechstein. {a<av6ls, thistle-bird.) 



a. Crown red in both sexes, crimson in J, lustrous brownish-red in $ ; 

 chin blackish ; no yellow. 



898. A. hornemanni (Holboll). Greenland Redpoll. Sides 

 and rump scarcely streaked ; colors very pale. £ with breast 

 merely pinkish. L. 5. W. 3. T. 2£. Greenland ; the small var. 

 exilipes (Coues) S. to X. U. S. in winter. (To J. W. Ilornemann.) 



899. A linarius (L.). Red Poll Linnet. Throat, breast 

 and rump rosy in <£ ; much streaked above and on sides ; rump 



1 In the vicinity of Carpodacns belongs the Old World genus : — 

 Passer Brisson. P. domesticus (L.). European House Sparrow. <? chestnut 

 brown above, thickly streaked ; ashy below ; throat, lores and chin black ; $ duller, 

 without black : fret small. L. 6. W. 2}. T. 2£. Introduced from Europe ; abun- 

 dant in all towns E., a nuisance unfortunately long past the possibility of abatement. 



(£"•) 



P. montanus (L.). European Tree Sparrow. Smaller ; J with black of throat 

 not continued over chest ; top of head liver-brown. L. 5£. W. 2|. T. 2J. Europe, 

 naturalized about St Louis. 



