FIMNdll.l.lD.K — TFIK KINTIIKS ,-.- 



Carpodaous purpureus, \a. californicus, r.Aim.. 



THE CALIFOBMIA PURPLE FINCH, 



C„r,ml„em a.lijhmivu.s, lUiun, liii.ls \. Am. l«,-,». m, j,!. Ixxii, I' "'S -(■„,„,, . 



•MUKLKY, VJii. CCHII'KI!, Olll. (.'al. I, Ijl, 



Sr Cm.. SinnlMr U, inu-i^urus. Tl.inl ,,,nll l,„„vst; lirsl shorter than ih,. r,„n,l,. 

 lurplc. ol l,c.a.l an.l luM.p mmmI, ,h,rk..r tlmu iu C ynovHor.,, ; .h. houcl with a l.n.a.l 

 .si.i.i-a-,„l,ilal lat..,al I.uimI .nh^Uur purpl... LcUKth 0.20; wiuK, 3.20; tail ''.(iO 



ll.vti. Pacilic I'rciviiKv of I'liitoil Stulos. 



The lunmle cf tlio wt-sU'ru tyne .lillbrs lr„m tluit ..f tlio castcni in 

 bum- inoro ..livucciis al,nv, an.l in liavin^ Uu, .stmiiv.s l.cl..w mdi.T lai-^r 

 and not so wdl .Idined. Tiu-n. appears to l,o a dillMcnc,. in ll,.. niaikin.' 

 ot tho wings, in eastern C. p>u-p,n;s llu-re is nsaallv a well-mark,.! wlni" 

 ish hand acros.s tho ends ..f the n.i.ldle eoverts, while the gr.iater coverts 

 thouj.], nuuKino.! externally l.y paler, have a still lij^hter bar across the pos- 

 terior uxtrunntv, which is not .s,.en in the western l.inl. 



JlviiiTs. Tho Calilornian I'nrple Kind, is iVmnd throu-hout tho Pacific 

 coast, inmi tho Straits ol' Fnea to ( ■alilornia. as far s.M.th as ]\Ionterey. I )r 

 Coo].er states that this species is rather a n..rthern Iiird, boini; eonmion at the 

 Columbia Ifivor, and even farther north, while in ('alilornia it has not been 

 found south Of Monterey on the coast, and Fort Tejon in the Sierra Nevada 

 In summer thoy frequent tho mountain forests, especially those in j.art coin- 

 po.sed of Coni/nv: In winter they descend to tho valloys, where they nn' 

 found as.sociating Mith the more eonuin.n and familiar O./ron/o/U He met 

 with them in May on the summits of the coast ranj,'e toward Santa ( 'niz 

 but they Avere m)t very numerous. Thoy then had nests, though ho did not 

 succeed in finding them. 



The song of the California Limu't is quite loud and varied, often resem- 

 bling that of other birds, especially /7/vvw and Dnu/mmr, [\n- which Dr. 

 Cooper has often mi.stakcn it. Their food consists of seeds, lierries, ai,(l the 

 buds of trees. Their nest and eggs ai'o unknown, but probably resemble 

 those of C. piiypiDrus. 



Carpodacus frontalis, Scfater. 



HOUSE LINNET; CEIMSON-FRONTED FINCH; BUBION. 



FrinyiU,, frouMis; Say, l-.m-'s E.xpe.l. K. Mts. II, 1824, 40. (For othor .syiionvn„.» sec 

 undor the (lillcreiit varictii's. ) 



Sr. rii.vn. Bill short, nearly as deep a.s liroad ; culnion much curved, e.iinmissare aivhed • 



lower n.iui.hl.le nearly as .leep as the upper. Tail more than three fourths as 1 as 



wing, slightly en.arginaled. Wing and tail feathers without reddi.sh edges ; lower l.ul- 

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