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XORTH A:^IERICAX BiRDS EgGS. 



5 19. House Finch, (/arpodaciis iinxiranus frDiUalis. 



tates we<t of the Plains and from Oreijon and Wvomins to 



Range.— United 

 Mexico. 



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This is one of the best known of western birds, and nests com- 

 monly in all situations from trees and bushes to vines growing 

 on porches. Their nests are made of rootlets and grasses and 

 are lined with horse hair. Their nesting season includes all the 

 summer months, they raising two and Siimetimes three broods a 

 season. The three to five eggs are pale greenish blue with a few 

 ((ireenish bliie.l sharp blackish brown specks about the large end. Size .80 x .55. 



5 19b. St. Lucas House Finch. CarpodacKS mdicaniis niberriinits. 



Range. — Southern Lower California. A slightly smaller variety of the pre- 

 ceding. 



5 19c. San Clemente House Finch. Carpoihictis inc.ricaiuis chmentis. 



Range. — San Clemente and Santa Barbara Islands. Somewhat darker than 

 the last. 



520. Guadalupe House Finch. Carpodacus ainplus. 



Range.— Guadalupie Island, Lower California. 



Similar to the House Finch, but deeper red and slightly larger. Their nest- 

 ing habits and eggs are precisely like those of the House Finch but the eggs 

 average larger: size .85 x .tiO. 



520. L San Benito House Finch. Carpodacus mcgregori. 



Range. — San Benito Island, Lower California. 



A newly made species, hardly to be distinguished from the last. Eggs pro- 

 bably the same. 



52 1. American Cpossbill, Loxia citrri rostra minor. 



Range.— Xorthern Xorth America, breeding in the Alleghanies and from 

 northern New England northward: winters south to the mid- 

 dle portions of the United States and casually farther. - ':i , 



The birds are very curious both in appearance and actions, , '".■ ■ 

 being very "tiighty"" and restless, and apt to remain to breed 

 on any of the mountains. They build during ^larch or April, 

 making their nests of twigs, rootlets, moss, feathers, etc., and 

 placing them in forks or on branches of trees i usually coni- 

 fers) at any height from the ground. The eggs are greenish 

 white, spotted with brown and with lavender shell markings: size .75x.55. 



521a. IMexican Crossbill. Loxia rurvirostra gtricklandi. 



Range. — Mountain ranges from central Mexico north to Wvoming. 



A larger variety of the preceding. The eggs will not differ except perhaps a 

 tritle in size. 



522. White-winged Crossbill. Loxia Icucopicra. 



Range.— Northern North America, breeding in the Alle- 

 ghanies and from northern Maine northward: winters to mid- 

 dle portions of the United States. 



This species is rosy red with two white wing bars. Like the 

 last, they are of a roving disposition and are apt to be found 

 in any unexpected locality. Their nesting habits are the same 

 as those of the American "Crossbill, but the eggs average larger 

 and the markings are more blotchy: size .80 x".55. 



:< ireenish white." 



[Greenish white. 



