PLATE LIII. 



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. 



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