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CCIX. PYRRHULA. Brisson. 1760. 



516. Cassin Bullfinch. 



Pyrrhula cassini (Baird) Tristram. 1871. 



The presence of this bird in the North American fauna rests 

 solely upon the capture of a specimen at Nulato on the middle 

 Yukon, January loth, 1867, by Mr. Dall. {Nelson.) 



On July 19th, 1879, in the northern waters of Cumberland gulf, 

 Mr. Ludwig KumUen saw a bird which he could not secure and 

 which in his opinion was either this species or Pyrrhula europcea, 

 possibly the latter. We have been unable to obtain any further 

 records. 



CCX. CARPODACUS. Kaup. 1829. 



517. Purple Pinch. 



Carpodacus purpureiis (Gmel.) Gray. 1844. 



Kumhen obtained a specimen on shipboard off Resolution island; 

 Drexler obtained it at Moose Factory, May 26th, i860; occurs 

 plentifully in southern portions of Labrador. (Packard.) Com- 

 mon Moose river to James bay at Moose Factory ; none seen further 

 north in 1896. (Spreadborough.) Common in Nova Scotia; a few 

 stop all winter. (Downs.) A pair seen at Shulee, Cumberland 

 county, N.S., January 2nd, 1899. (Morrell.) Bayley says this 

 species is common at Sydney, Cape Breton island, and breeds. 

 (C. R. Harie.) Common throughout the year in Nova Scotia. 

 (H. F. Tufts.) Common at Margaree and Baddeck, Cape Breton 

 island, N.S., July, 1898; breeding in the woods at Brackley point. 

 Prince Edward island, June, 1888. (Macoun.) Sparingly distri- 

 buted ; a restless and roving species, and seen singly or in pairs on 

 Prince Edward island. (Dwight.) A common resident in New 

 Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Tolerably common summer resident, 

 but very irregular in its time of arrival in spring at Scotch Lake, 

 York county, N.B.; nests in conifers from a few feet up in low 

 bushes in pastures to high up in forest trees. (W. H. Moore.) 

 Rather rare in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; a male seen and others 

 heard on the Magdalen islands. (Bishop.) Common in the Resti- 

 gouche valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) An abundant species of 



