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Genus CARPODACUS Kaup. 



Carpodacus Kaup, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw., 1829, 161. Type, 

 by subs, desig., Loxia erythrina Pallas (Gray, 1855). 



Subgenus CARPODACUS. 



Carpodacus purpflreus (Gmelin). 



Range. — North America from southern Canada south to the south- 

 ern border of the United States. 



a. Carpodacus purpureus purpureus (Gmelin). Purple Finch. [517.] 

 FringUla purpurea Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1789, 923. (Carolina.) 



Range. — Eastern North America. Breeds in Canadian and Transition 

 zones from central British Columbia, northeastern Alberta, northern Ontario 

 (Moose Factory), central Quebec (Gaspe Basin), and Newfoundland to south- 

 ern Alberta, North Dakota (Turtle Mountains), central Minnesota, northern 

 Illinois, Pennsylvania (mountains), northern New Jersey, and Long Island; 

 winters from considerably north of the southern boundary of its breeding 

 range to the Gulf coast from Texas to Florida; accidental in Colorado. 



b. Carpodacus purpureus californicus Baird. California Purple Finch. 



[517a.] 



Carpodacus californicus Baird, Rep. Expl. & Surv. R. R. Pac, IX, 1858, 

 413. (Fort Tejon, California.) 



Range . — Breeds in Upper Sonoran and Transition zones from southern 

 British Columbia and Vancouver Island to Riverside County, California, and 

 east to the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountains; in winter to extreme south- 

 ern .California and the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona. 



Carpodacus cassini Baird. Cassia's Purple Finch. [518.] 



Carpodacus cassinii Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1854, 119 ("Camp 

 104, Pueblo Creek," about 10 miles east of Gemini Peaks, Arizona.) 



Range. — Western United States. Breeds in Boreal zones of 

 mountains from southern British Columbia, northwestern Montana, 

 and northeastern Wyoming to northern Lower California, central 

 Arizona, and northern New Mexico; winters from central CaUfornia 

 and southern Arizona south over the Mexican plateau to Mt. Orizaba, 

 San Luis Potosi, and the Valley of Mexico. 



