Perching Birds Marked With Red 



522. White-winged Crossbill {toxin tmcoptera). 

 L. 6. Tips of mandibles crossed. Ad. (f. Rose- 

 pinli; middle of back black; wings with two -wkiU bars. 

 Ad. 9- Olive-green and dusky; rump nwX under- 

 parts yellower; wings \cith (wo white bars. Yng, Like 

 Ad. V. Notes. Resemble those of No. 521. 



Range, — Northern Nnrtii America; breeSs from northern Neiu' 

 Eng'land, northern New York and rnrlhern Michigan rorttiward: 

 winters south Irregularly to Virginia, Illinois. British Columbia, and 

 Nevada. 



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595. Rose-breasted Grosbeak {Zamelodia ludovtcia- 

 nn). L. 8. Ad. <^. Blatk; rump, belly, tips of 

 inner vanes of outer tail-feathers and patch in wing 

 white; under wing-coverts and breast rose. Ad. $. 

 Under wing-coverts saffron; above streaked brown and 

 black; below whitish streaked with blackish; a whiit 

 line Over eys\ two white wing-bars. Yng. c?. Resem- 

 bles 9t but under wing-coverts rose; breast more or 

 less rose-tinged. Notes. Call, a sharp, steely^i^si; 

 song, a rich, fluent, joyous carol. 



Range. — E'jEtHrn United States, west to the Plains; broods from 

 northern Nam Jersey, notthem Ohio, and northern Indiana (and 

 south In Alleghanies to North Carohna) , north to Nova Scotia and 

 Manitoba; wint^r^ in Central and ^oilth America. 



5 I 7. Purpte Finch {(^arpodacus purpurms). L. 6.2; 

 W. ?.2. Bill swollen and rounded; nostrils large, 

 partially covered by projecting, grayish, bristly feath- 

 ers; tail slightly forked.- Ad. ^, Dull rose, head and 

 rump brightest; back brownish; lower belly white. 

 Ad. 9. Above grayish brown, slightly edged with 

 whitish and brownish ashy; below white streaked with 

 dark brownish; a more or less distinct whitish stripe 

 over the eye. Yng. Resemble Ad. ?. Notes. Call, 

 cnctk, creak, and a querulous whistle; song, a sweet, 

 rapidly flowing warble. (Seepage 175.) 



Range. -Eastern North America, west to the Plains; breeds from 

 northern New Jersey, tlie mountains ot Pennsylvania, and northern 

 Illinois northward; winters from the northern States to the Cult of 

 Mexico. 



517a. California Purple Finoh {€. p. ealiformeus'). 

 Similar to No. 317, but (^ duller and darker; ¥ decided- 

 ly olive greenish above. (See page 175,) 



RanRe.— Pacific coast region; breeds In the mountains of CaIKw- 

 nla; west of the Sierra north fo British Columbia; \vlnfers from cen- 

 tral Oreipn to southern Arizona. 



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