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PURPLE FINCH. 



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

 white; no white in wings. Adult female 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. 



