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GENUS ERYTHROSPIZA — BONAP 



PURPLE FINCH. 



[Bill short, robust, bulging, conical — upper mandible slightly notched at the 

 tip ; nostrils large, rounded, partly covered with feathers ; head large, ovate j 

 neck short ; wings of moderate length ; tail of moderate length, and deeply 

 emarginate — tarsi short, slender] 



ERYTHROSPIZA PURPUREA— GMEL. 



CRESTED PURPLE FINCH. 



Purple Finch, Fringilla purpursa, Wils Amer. Om. 

 Purple Finch, Bonap. Syn. 



Fringilla purpurea, Crested Purple Finch, Sw. & Rich. 

 Purple Finch Fringilla purpurea, Aud. Om. Biog. 



Specific Character — Bill short, stout, conical ; along the ridge 

 half an inch ; gap, to the point of the upper mandible five-eighths ; 

 breadth of lower mandible at base, three-eighths ; tarsi five-eighths; 

 tail emarginate. Adult male with general color of the plumage 

 dark crimson, which is spread over the head, back, upper tail cov- 

 erts, neck, breast, and sides of the body ; abdomen and lower tail 

 coverts white ; wings and tail feathers dark brown — fore part of 

 the back marked with the same. Female, with the upper parts yel- 

 lowish brown, the central parts of the feathers darker ; wings and 

 tail dark brown, edged with dull white, the central parts of the 

 feathers dusky ; abdomen white, without the crimson markings, [so 

 conspicuous in the male,] on any part of the body. Young male 

 similar to the female. Length six inches, wing three and and one- 

 eisrhth. 



