CARPODACTJS. 



221 



Carpoiacus purpureas (Gmd.). 



Fringilla purpurea, Thieii. Fortpjlaiiz. ges. Vog. p. 417, tab. xxxv. fig. 4 



(1815-54). 

 Carpodacus purpureus, Bainl, Brewer ^ Ridgio. N. Amsr. Birds, i. p. 462 



(1874); ZJrou/c^, /Aw, 1884, p. 235 ; Skarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. 



p, 409 (1888) LP a-t.] ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. Ill (1839j ; Sharpe, 



Haad-l. v. p. 264 (1908). 

 Carpodacus piii-pureiis purpureas, Ridgw. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. i. 



p. 128 (1001). 



Eggs of the Purple B-ose-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 die 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. Sal vin-Godman Coll. 

 8. North America {Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Qodman Coll. 



2. Eastern United States. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Massachusetts (T. M. Brewer: (h'owley Bequest. 



Trisfram Coll.). 

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



2yrd May ((?.£. 6riteia«). [P.]. 



Carpodacus californicus, Baird. 



Carpodacus purpureua, var. californicus, Baird, Brewer ^ Ridgw. N. 



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



(1878). 

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



[part.]. 

 Carpodacus purpureus californicus, Ridgw. Birds North S{ Middle Amer. 



i. p. 130(1901). 

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



An egg of the Califoruian Eose-Finch is indistinguishable from 

 those of G. purpureus. It measures "79 by -SB. 



1. Western North America. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, E,sq. 



[P.]. 



Carpodacus cassiui, Baird. 



(Plate X. fig. 19.) 



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

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

 p. 265 (1908). 



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

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



