82 BIRDS. 



3. CARPODACUS, Kaup. Pueplb Finches. 

 1. C. purpureas, (Gmel.) Gray. Pueplb Finch. Every 

 where streaky; $ flushed with red, most intense on the 

 crown, fading below and behind; ? olive brown with 

 no red; bill stout; L. 6; W. 3^; T. 2^. U. S., a fine 

 songster. 



4. LOXIA, Linnseus. Ceossbills.^ 



1. L. leucoptera, (Grmel.) White Winged Ckossbilt.. 

 $ rose red; white wing bars; ? brownish olive, speckled 

 with dusky; rump yellow; L. 6^; W. 3^; T. % North- 

 ern, S. in winter. 



2. L curvirostra, L. Red Ceossbill. ^ brick -red; 

 wings unmarked; ? brownish olive; L. 6; W. 3^; T. 3^, 

 Northern regions and pine woods; S. in winter. 



5. /E6/0THUS, Cabanis. Linnets 



1. ^. linarius, (L.) Cab. Red Poll Linnet. Crown 

 crimson in both sexes; throat, breast and rump also rosy 

 in 3; much streaked above; chin blackish; L, 5f ; W. 3; 

 'T. 2^. Northern, S. in winter, in flocks. 



3. M. flavirosiris, (L.) var. brewsteri, Ridgway. Beews- 

 tee's Linnet. No red on crown or breast; rump rosy in 

 i; yellow in ?; L. 5^; W. 3; T. 2^. Mass., lately dis- 

 covered. 



6. CHRYSOMITRIS, Boie. Goldfinches. 



* Sexes alike; plumage thickly streaked everywhere; no black 

 on head ; bill very sharj). (Ohrysomitris.) 



1. C. pinus, (Wils.) Bon. Pine Linnet. Plumage 

 streaky brown, suifused with yellow in the breeding 

 season; bases of quills and tail feathers yellow, much 

 as in the female Redstart; L. 4f; W. 2|; T. 2. N. 

 Am,, rather northward, but liable to "turn up " any where. 



