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 and in Pike and Wayne Counties, I have taken several breeding 

 specimens of the Bronzed variety, tho the true Purple is 

 undoubtedly more common. In Center County, out of about 

 fifteen breeding birds collected, four were Purple, six 

 Bronzed, and the remaining five intermediate between the 

 two. Prom the data I have been able to gather, the divid- 

 ing line between the two races seems to run thro the follow- 

 ing counties, Bedford, Blair, .Center, Lycoming, and Tioga. 



511b. Quiscalus quiscula aeneus Ri t ^ g w. Bronzed Grackle. 



The range of this species is mainly west of the 

 Alleghanies in Pennsylvania, tho in the central counties, 

 the two forms of Grackle intergrade. This is apparently 

 as common to the West as the Purple Grackle is in the East, 

 Mr. Dickey reports it as common in Washington and Green 

 Counties, Mr.Engle in Somerset, Mr. Simpson from Warren, 

 Mr. Spencer from Lycoming, Mr. Simpson from Erie, and the 

 author from Clarion, Venango , and Clearfield Counties. 



517. Carpodacus purpureus purpureas (Gmel . ) . Purple Finch. 



The Purple or Crimson Pinch breeds locally in 

 the mountainous sections of the state, lying within the Can- 

 adian fauna. According to Mr. Stone, (Birds of Eastern 

 Pennsylvania and New Jersey), it has been reported as 



