CARPODACUS, 



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Carpodacus purpureus (Omd.). 



Fringilla purpurea, Thien. Fortpjhwz. yes. Vog. p. 417, tab. xxxv. fig. 4 



(1845-54). 

 Carpodacus purpureus, Baird, Brewer Sf Ridyw. N. Amer. Birds, \. p. 462 



(1874); Brook*, Ibi*, 1884, p. 235 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. 



p. 409 (1888) L p irt.] ; Ne/trk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. Ill (1899) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-L v. p. 204 (1908). 

 Carpodacus purpureus purpureus, Ridyw. Birds North 8f Middle Amer. i. 



p. 128 (1901). 



Eggs of the Purple Rose-Finch are of a pointed oval shape and 

 have a very slight amount of gloss. They are blue, spotted and 

 speckled with dark brown or black and underlying pale violet-grey. 

 The markings are most frequent over the broader half of the egg, 

 and sometimes form a wreath or zone round the large end. 

 Specimens measure from '72 to '9 in length, and from -55 to -6 in 

 breadth. 



1. North America. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 8. North America (Henshaw Coll.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Eastern United States. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Massachusetts (T. M. Brewer: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



4. West Newbury, Massachusetts, W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 

 23rd May (G. E. Oilman). [P.]. 



Carpodacus calif ornicus, Baird. 



Carpodacus purpureus, var. californicus, Baird, Brewer Sf Ridgw. N. 



Amer. Birds, i. p. 465 (1874) ; Cooper, Bull. Nutt. Om. C. iii. p. 8 



(1878). 

 Carpodacus purpureus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 409 (1888) 



[part.]. 

 Carpodacus purpureus californicus, Ridyiv. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. 



i. p. 130(1901). 

 Carpodacus californicus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 265 (1908). 



An egg of the Californian Rose-Finch is indistinguishable from 

 those of C. parpureus. It measures '79 by '56. 



1. Western North America. W. Radcliffe Saunders. E.sq. 



[p.]. 



Carpodacus cassini, Baird. 

 (Plate X. fig. 19.) 



Carpodacus cassini, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 412 (1888) ; Ridyw 

 Birds North 8f Middle Amer. i. p. 126 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l v. 

 p. 265 (1908). 



Four eggs of Cassin's Rose-Finch are of a long pointed oval form 

 and slightly glossy. They are either uniform pale blue or with a 



