82 BIRDS. 



3. CARPODACUS, Kaup. PURPLE FINCHES. 

 1. C. purpureus, (Gmel.) Gray. PURPLE FINCH. Every 

 where streaky; $ flushed with red, most intense on the 

 crown, fading below and behind; ? olive brown with 

 no red; bill stout; L. 6; W. 3J; T. 2J-. U, S., a fine 

 songster. 



4. LOXIA, Linnaeus. CROSSBILLS. 



1. L leucoptera, (Gmel.) WHITE WINGED CROSSBILL. 

 $ rose red; white wing bars; $ brownish olive, speckled 

 with dusky; rump yellow; L. 6; W. 3; T. 2. North- 

 ern, S. in winter. 



2. L curvirostra, L. RED CROSSBILL, 3 brick -red; 

 wings unmarked; $ brownish olive; L. 6; W. 3; T. %$. 

 Northern regions and pine woods; S. in winter. 



5. ACANTHIS, Bechstein. LINNETS. 



1. A. linarius, (L.) Bech. RED POLL LINNET. Crown 

 crimson in both sexes; throat, breast and rump also rosy 

 in <$; much streaked above; chin blackish; L. 5f ; W. 3; 

 T. 2. Northern, S. in winter, in flocks. 



2. A. fiavirostris,(Ij.)vfir.brewster/ f Pddgwsiy. BREWS- 

 TER'S LINNET. No red on crown or breast; rump rosy in 

 6; yellow in ?; L. 5^; W. 3; T. 2. Mass., lately dis- 

 covered. 



6. CHRYSOMITRIS, Boie. GOLDFINCHES. 



* Sexes alike ; plumage thickly streaked every where ; no black 

 on head bill very sharp. (Chrysomitris.) 



1. C. pin us, (Wils.) Bon. PINE LINNET. Plumage 

 streaky brown, suffused with yellow in the breeding 

 season; bases of quills and tail feathers yellow, much 

 as in the female Redstart; L. 4J; W. 2f ; T. 2. N. 

 Am., rather northward, but liable to " turn up " any where. 



