I2O Land Birds of New England 



usual custom of birds, is said to sing quite as well 

 as the male. 



LITERATURE: 



Nidification of Loxia curvi rostra americana. "Bulletin of the 

 Nuttall Ornithological Club," 1880. 



65. PURPLE FINCH ; LINNET 

 (farpodacus pur pur ens.) 



Male: body brownish rose, brighter on crown; wings and tail 

 brown. " His color . . . looks as if it might have been imparted 

 by dipping a brown bird in diluted pokeberry juice." Burroughs. 

 Beak large, conical, light brown;, feet brown. Bird about the 

 size of a sparrow. Female: upper parts dusky olive-brown, 

 somewhat mottled ; under parts white, heavily marked with 

 dusky brown ; wings and tail uniform dull brown. 



THE purple finch frequents the orchard, the gar- 

 den, and the edges of the woodland. He is often 

 to be found on fruit-trees and elm-trees when they 

 are in blossom, as he is fond of the flower buds. 

 He is a resident, but more abundant in the warmer 

 months from early April to October. 



The nest is placed at a moderate height, some- 

 times in a pine or cedar, sometimes in a deciduous 

 tree, and occasionally in a bush or hedge. Eggs 

 are laid about the first of June, and there are often 

 two sets. 



This bird is one of our beautiful songsters ; he 



