460 NORTH A.vIEKICAX lUIlDS. 



Purple tints of a (laikci' piirplisli-mse ciust ; first (luill slioricr than 

 tliu fdiulli. Ifith. I'iiciliclVoviiico ol' North AniiM-ica Viir. r„li /•» r iii c us. 

 B. Culmon niurh ourvcd. Tail and wii ;,' Coathois (•(1i,'i,m1 with jfravish in ilie 

 male. 



;i. C. frontalis. ^. l-. '-onlal and superciliary hand ol' (•linison; a 

 patch of same on the rump, and another on tlic tinoat u.id juguliim ; ah- 

 donicn and crissum streaked with dn.sky. 



$■ Hcd restricted to tiie ])orti(ins mentioned ahove. 



Ih'd of ,\n inten.-ic carmine tint, sharply defined, and stri(;tly 

 restricted within the limits indicated. Uab. I'latoan vT Mexico 



var. /( IV m i> r rho iin .' 

 Red of a lighter carmine, and with a irreator or less tendencv 

 to e.^^cape its liouudaries. //nb. Middle I'rovinee of the I'nited 



S'"'^'S ynv. fro Ufa I is. 



i- Red not restricted, hut .spiead over tlu; erown, lingeinj;' the 



back and other poi'tion.'*, exceptinj; wings and tail. 



Red tint varying iiom scarlet to wine-red. Hah. Taeific 

 Province of Uniteil State.s, including the peninsula of Lower 

 Cal'fo'-iii'i vm: rhodocolpus. 



Carpodacus cassini, ]'.aird. 



CASSIN'S PURPLE nKCH. 



Cariwdacus camui, U.uiii., Pr. A. X. S. Philad. VII, .Time, ISM, 110 ; Birds, N. Am. 1858, 

 414, pi. x.vvii, f. 1. _ Lo,t„, Pr. ]{, a. Inst, iv, 18.14, 11!) (Mr. Col. hftwwii Rocky 

 Mts. and Cascades). - Kk.nnkuly, P. 1{. 1{. X, pi. xxvii, f. 1. — Coopkh, Orn. Cal. I, 

 Iflu. 



Si>. Cn.Mt. Larger than C. imrpurfus. Bill, .n.", of an inch above. Second an.l third 

 qudls longest ; first longer than fourth. AMe. Above x^.^V- grayish-brown, the (Withers 

 streaked with darker brown, and with only an occasional gloss of reddish, except on the 

 erown, which is unilbrm deep crimson, and on the rnmp. Sides of the head and neek 

 throat, ami upper part of brea.st with mini), pale "-osi-color : rest of under parts white' 

 very faintly an.l sparsely streaked with brown. Fanale witlmut any re.l. an.l streaked on 

 the he.id ami nn.l.'r ii.arts with biwvn. Length, ().50; wing, ;{.(i(); tail, L'.CIO. 



Hah. Mountain.ms regions of Mi.ldle Province of Uniteil St.it.-s. fi-om R.i.^ky Moun- 

 tains to S.erra Nevada. Rritish Columbia (Lorn.). City of Mexico (Sclatku k Salv.n 

 1869, 3G2). Breeils in pine region of Mt. Orizaba. 



This .species, tlioiioh somewhat resembling C. pin-pumis, may be easily 

 ilistingiiislied from it l)y tiie streake.l lower tail-coverts (of both'se.ves), ami 

 by tlie pileum being much more intensely red than any other portion in 

 the male. The female resembles more iu markings that of fronfa/is, but 

 has an entirely different shajted bill, and is mucli larger; the 'streaks above 

 very con.spicuoiis, instead of nearly obsolete. The side of the head lacks 

 the conspicuous liglit and dark l.mgitudinal areas observable in pi>rp»reus. 



The young of both sexes resemble the adult female, but the streaks are 



> Carpodacus frmiMh, var. /uvmon-hoii.i, Carpodacm hwmorrhous, Sclateh, P. Z. S. 185G 

 304. (Fringilla hceiiwrr/ioiis, Liciir. Vciz. 1831.) ' 



