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FRINGILLIDjE, finches, etc. GEN. 57, 58. 



q 57. Genus PYRRHULA Auctorum. 



)^'' Oassin's BuUfincli. $ above clear ashy gray, below cinnamon gray, 



rump and under wing and tail coverts white ; wings and tail, crown, chin and 

 face black; outer tail feathers with a white patch, greater wiug coverts 

 tipped and primaries edged with whitish : liill black, feet dusky ; 9 unknown. 

 Length 6J ; wing 3J ; tail 3|-. Nulato, Alaska (DaU), only one specimen 



known, originally described as a va- 

 riety of P. coccinea of Europe, but 

 later determined to be distinct. Bd., 

 Trans. Chicago Acad. 1869, 316, pi. 

 29, f. 1; Newton, Ibis, 1870, 251; 

 Tkistram, Ibis, 1871, 231. cassinii. 



CassinVs BuUnnc.b. 



58. Genus CARPODACUS Kaup. 



* Adult $ with the red diffuse, belly 

 unstreaked, and edging of wings reddish. 



Purple Finch. $ crimson, rosy, 

 or purplish-red, most intense on the 

 crown, fading to white on the belly, mixed with dusky streaks on the back; 

 wings and tail dusky, with reddish edgings, and the wing coverts tipped with 

 the same ; lores and feathers all around base of bill hoary. 9 and 

 young with no red — olivaceous-brown, brighter on the rump, the feathers 

 above all with paler edges, producing a streaked appearance; below white, 

 thickly spotted and streaked with olive-brown, except on middle of belly and 

 under tail coverts ; obscure whitish superciliary and maxillary lines. 

 Young males show every gradation between these extremes, in gradually 

 assuming the red plumage, and are frequently brownish-yellow or bronzy 

 below. 5f-6J ; wing 3-3^ ; tail 2:^-2J, forked ; tarsus | ; middle toe and claw 

 J; bill under J, turgid, with a little ruff of antrorse 

 feathers. Not crested, but the coronal feathers erec- 

 tile. The foregoing description should prevent con- 

 founding young biixls with any of the streaked and 

 spotted sparrows. United States from Atlantic to 

 Pacitic, and somewhat northward in summer ; an 

 abundant species, particularly in spring and fall, in ^^°-"5- Biii of rurpie rmch. 

 woods and orchards, generally found in flocks except when breeding; feeds 

 on seeds, buds and blossoms; a delightful songster. Wils., i, 119, pi. 7, 

 f. 4; AuD., iii, 170, pi. 196; Bd., 412; also, O. californicus Bd., 413, 



Coop., 154, which I cannot distinguish at all purpureus. 



Cassin's Purple Finch. Similar ; the red paler, more streaked with 

 dusky on the upper parts, crown rich crimson in marked contrast ; larger ; 

 6^-7; wing 3^-; tail 2| ; bill about J, comparatively less turgid; tarsus |. 

 Southern Rocky Mountain Region. Bo., 414; Coues, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila. 1766,45; Coop., 155 cassinii. 



