PLATE LIII. PAGE 149. 



PURPLE FINCH. 



Length, 6-20 inches. Adult male -, rose-pink; back brownish ; lower belly 

 white; no white in wings. Adult femalt and young, upper parts streaked 

 brownish and grayish ; under parts white, streaked with brownish; 

 bill rounded on top; a tuft of bristly feathers over the nostrils. 



