n\ BBS, 



It is said to make nil admirable cage-bird, as it readily take* to 

 confinement, and during t' -|>i in-inn.- has a prolonged ninl inelo- 

 dion- song. 



It- form ha- a p-neral rocmblancc In that nf tin- common Rubin, 

 but it- very >lmrt, thirk beak ami its forked tail an- M nkmi,' differ- 

 ences. It is rather slow anl inactive when in a tree, ami when on the 

 wing it haa a loud whistle which is very characti-ri.-tic ; at all time* 

 it* colors, as above deMffbed, ibonld di>tinj;ui-li the bird at a very 

 ron-iderable di>tance. KKM-I ]'.. TIK.MI 



617. Carpodacus purpureus I'IKI-IK KIN. H. i< >. 



Kntiri- IM-IV MitliiM-il with rOM-nd,l(VOIIgMiOII the ht-u>l, ruinji, un<l )>rru*l, 

 ni'Tf I'H'W ni.-h "ti tin- 1'iifk ; \vliiti-r, jfi'ii- 

 erally white, mi the ln-lly ; wiiii:* and tail 

 lirowni.Hli t'u*-'>u.-*, the i-uti-r wel> <!' tlic 

 i/ed with r-'M'-rc-d; a 

 miiull tuft t' bristly feuthers over the 

 MimtriU; <>iit<r tail - feutherx longest. 

 Ad. 9 . Very ditTi-reiit, spurrowlike. in 

 . upprr i-arts -lark ^r;i\i-li 

 bn>wn, finely stn-akcd with hluek ; wing* 

 and tail dark jrruyi.-h bmwn; under 

 parti white, streaked, r with \\ . 

 iihapcd Ri>ot of fuscous. L.. --': W., -^^ 



. Fio. 79. Purple Finch. (Natural 

 /A murk*. FcmulcM war a Waded abte.) 



resemblance to BOIIIC Sparrows, but the 



nuinditl bill, turt.-. of feathers over the no.trils, nnd forked tiiil are di.-.tin- 

 iiiir i-harueten*. 



.i-tern North Anieriea; breeds fnun northern Minnesota and 

 l.land northward; winters fnun the northern State.-, to the (Julf. 



.iiiiTton. e'linnion \V. V., Sept. 15 to May !.'>, larirely a migrant. Sing 

 r, run; 1*. K., common T. V. ('ainKri-l^i . 1'. K . \. ry eommnn from Mch. to 

 <>,-t.; irn-irular. but s-ometimes ubundant. in winter. 



nuc,and rootlets, thickly lined with lon^ haim, in -onif- 

 ip. /.;/;/*, four to six, blue. sjH.tted uhout tile 

 . rid with fuscou-. 



I>nrin^ t: | season the Purple Finch frequently take* up 



dc in privatv grounds, even iH-coininjj a familiar pinlen bin!, 



while others of its rac-e find a congenial home in wild mountain ! 



far away from the society of man. The rosy phi map- of the males 



makes it attractively noticeable as a garden bird; but a serious offen.se 



must IM- charged against it it has far too ready a taste for the blos- 



f fruit trees, and is perhaps the most confirmed bud-eater of 



all our birds. It has naturally a roving dispo>ition, and, in the autumn 



especially, seems erer to be impelled by some restless impulse. At this 



