106 



CARPODACUS PUEPUEEUS CAEPODACUS CASSINI. 



are in the Smithsonian. One taken in 'Sew Brunswick, May 7, 1865, by- 

 Mr. G. A. Boardman ; the other from James' Bay. The color is a pecu- 

 liar pale bluish-gray, or pale bluish with a glaucous shade, thickly 

 speckled at the larger end with reddish-brown, and elsewhere sparingly 

 si)rinkled with the same and a few darker dots. A specimen measure's 

 0.97 by 0.65. 



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OAEPODACUS PUEPUEEUS, (Gm.) Gray. 

 Purple Fincb. 



Fnngilla jmrpurea, Gm., Svst. Nat. i, 1788, 923.— Lath., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 446.— WiLS., 

 Am. Orn. i, 1808, 119, pi. 7, f. 4 ; v, 1812, 87, pi. 43, f. 3.— Bp., Syn. 1828, 114.— 

 AUD., Orn. Biog. i, 1831, 24 ; v, 500, pi. 4.— Sw. & EiCH., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 264.— 

 NuTT., Man. i, 1832. 



Eryfhrospiza purpurea, Bp., List, 1838, 34.— Auc, B. Am. iii, 1841, 170, pi. 196.— GiR., 

 B. L. I. 1844, 126.— Trippe, Pr. Ess. Inst, vi, 1871, 116 (Minnesota). 



Carpodacus jntrpureus, Gray. — Bp.. C. A. i, 1850, 533. — Newb., P. R. R. Rep. vi, 1857, 



88.— Bd., B. S. a. 1858, 412.— Hbbrm., P. R. E. Rep. x, 1859, 50.— Hayd., Eep. _ 

 1862, 164.— CouES, Key, 1872, 128, pi. 75.— B. B. & R., N. A. B. i, 1874, 463, pl./^^-,^ 

 21, f. 7, 8 ; and of nearly all late United States writers. p.'/ 



Carpodacus californicus, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 413, pi. 72, f. 23.— Coop. & Suck., N. H. '"^^ 'i 

 Wash. Ter. 1860, 196.— Coop., B. Cal. i, 1870, 154. ' * f ;i 



Caipodacua purpureua var. californicus, B. B. &. R-., N. A. B. i, 1874, 465, pi. 21, f. 10, 11. < ,^ 



Hal). — United States from Atlantic to Pacific, excepting, probably, the Southern '■'. - £■ ' 

 Eocby Mountain region, where replaced by the following species. North to the Sas- 

 katchewan and Labrador. Winters in the Southern. States. 



Lieutenant TVarren's Expedition. — 4853, Vermilion River.- 



Not obtained by Captain Raynolds' Expedition. '^ 



Dr. Hayden's suspicion that this species does not occur on the upper- 

 most Missouri may prove correct. I have found it, however, as high npj(^'~~ 

 as Fort Eandall. This was in October ; I observed small flocks in shrub- . -j A 

 bery, feeding on and near the ground. Very cold weather setting in 

 soon after, no more were observed,, and I think that they all moved off 

 southward. I found it breeding on Turtle Mountain, Dakota, in July. 

 The egg is clear pale bluish, irregularly dotted, but chiefly in a wreatli 

 around the large end, with very dark blackish-brown — almost black in 

 some instances ; in others lighter. An average egg is 0.80 by O.GO ; but 

 I have seen specimens from 0.85 by 0.57 (abnormally elongate) to 

 0.75 by 0.56. 



I have failed to substantiate any tangible distinctions between the 

 bird of the Pacific coast and the ordinary form. 



CAEPODACUS_ CASSINI, Bd. 



€assln's Purple Finch. 



Carpodacus cassini. Be, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1854, 119.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 414. — Kexn., P. 

 R. E. Rep. X, 1859, 27, pi. 27, f. 1.— Lord, Pr. Roy. Arty. Inst, iv, 1864, 119 

 (British Columbia).— CoUES, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1836, 80.— ScL., P. Z. S. 1869, 362 

 (city of Mexico).— Coop., B. Cal. i, 155.— Meiir., U. S. Geol. Surv. Ter. 1872, 

 678.— CouES, Key, 1872, 128.— B. B. & K., N. A. B. i, 1674, 460, pi. 21, f. 4, 5. 



(?) Carpodacus purpureus, Allex, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 176 (Colorado and Utah). 



Hab. — Southern Rocky Mountain region. North to British Colnmbia, between Cas- 

 cades and Rocky Mountains. Table-lands of Mexico. (ScL. & Salv., P. Z. S. 1869, 362.) 



List of specimens. 



192.=0 

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W. River Mts. 

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June 5, 1860 

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F. V. Hayden. 

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6.50 

 6.50 



11.25 

 11.00 



3.50 

 3.75 



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