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l^nser. the tail l.ss nna.^inate. father d (loroncos exist in the grooves and 



i.s .luout equiiJ to Imid elaw ; 



not longer, as in J'inieola. 

 'Hm'^iinuHl'i/rrhiila ;san Old 



World one ; extending aeniss 



i'roni tiie Atlantic to the Pacific, 



six or eiglit s])(ujies or varieties 



lieing recognized ])y naturalists. 



All have the luick ash-coloretl ; 



the wings and tail, with to]) of 

 head, lustrous Mack ; the under 



parts asli, generally witli \ci'- P„rr/„„„ „,„,•„;. 



rnalion on the cheeks and chin, son.et.ues extending over the .hole under 

 sinlace, the nunp and crissunr white : the females sinnlar, hut laekin.^ the 

 vennihon. Its .ntroduetion into the Xorth An^erican fauna rests on the col- 

 lecting I,y the naturalists of the Russian Telegraph Expedition in Alaska of 

 a specunen which -if a full-plun.aged nude, as stated - dillers from all of 

 Its cougeuers lu the entire absence of any vermilion tint. 



Pyrrhula cassini, Baikd. 



CASSIN'S BTTLLFINCH. 



P. cnr,;;,ca, var. <».«/»/, nAiia., Tmns. ('hiniK-., A.. S... I. ISO!., ii, p. 316 - Dvu & 

 Baxnistkh, T-.n,i,. a. 1 18.;!., .S, (Alaska). ,, ...,,, T.a.' ham. Ibis, 187^ 

 2J1.— FiNscii, Onufh. X. W. Am(-iika.s, 1S7-J, 54. 



Sp. C„ a,;^ D...,.,ipli„„ of spoein.,.,, Xo. 40,055 : Tpp.,. pa,-,. ..U..,- ash-prav, as are tl.c 

 alula, and ll,o kvsser an,l nii,l<llo ......o.i.la.j an.l tlu. priai.ury wi„o-,.ovorLs. TJihIo.- parts 



aiiU the siilcs (iflicad I'innaiiioii-MTav ; the 

 iiisitlo (if wiiiu-s anil axillars, anal rVo-ien 

 (ibia. ci-issnni, and rinnp wliili'; wini;s 

 and tail, indndinu- upper tail-i'ovcrl.s tlie 

 entire top of liead (lo level of eyes), the 

 ha.«e of hill all round, and llio chin, lus- 

 trous violet -lilaok, Oreateiwinp-ooverts 

 I'laek-, will, a li,-oad baud of ashy-white 

 acoss the ends; outer ])riniaries, exter- 

 nally, with a narrow boi-der of frravish- 

 while near the ends; iinier edges suf- 

 fused with the same. Outer tail-feathers 



tcrminil half .,1„„„- ,1 > i n i . . , • ^^''"' "" '''""f-'^f'''' P-i''''' '^1" ""hite in the' 



tcrnunal half ,.lo„n ,l,o shah, but not .-ear-hin. ,|,o ,ip. Bin ,,,„,,, ; li.et dnskv 



Din.ens.ons (prepared speei.nen) : Total length. 0.50; wiu^r, ;5.55 ; tail, ;).25' Evpo...] 

 1^.- .on o„,.st pr,n.ary, 2m. 1.11 : Len„h tron. (o.-ehead. .44 ; from nostril, '.S^T^' 

 laKsu.s, wo; elaw alone, .20 ; hind toe and claw, .45 ; elaw alone ."5 



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