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Carpodacus. i K;mp i . 



California Purple Finch (Carftodacus purpureas calif ornicus, 

 Baird). 



An abundant summer resident west of Cascades. Quito a num- 

 ber winter on Vancouver Island. 



Cassin's Purple Finch (Carpodacus cassini, Baird). 



Tolerably common east of Cascades to Rocky .Mountains. 



Loxia. ( Linnaeus ) . 

 American Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra minor, Brehm). 

 An abundant resident throughout the Province, Island and 

 Mainland. 



White-winged Crossbill {Loxia leucoptera, Grnel). 



An abundant resident, chiefly on the Mainland, occasionally 

 west to Vancouver Island. 



Leucosticte. ( Swainson ) . 

 Gray-crowned Leucosticte {Leucosticte tephrocotis, Swains). 

 Eocky Mountain District. In winter occasionally west of Cas- 

 cades. Taken as far west as Chilliwhack. 



Hepburn's Leucosticte {Leucosticte tephrocotis littoralis, Baird). 

 Common on Mainland from coast to Kocky Mountains. Breeds 

 above timber line in the interior. 



Acanthis. (Bechstein). 



Hoary Redpoll (Acanthis hornemannii exilipes, Coues). 

 Taken at mouth of Quesnel River and Chilliwhack. 



Redpoll (Acanthis linaria, Linn). 



Found throughout the Province; more abundant in the Rocky 

 Mountain District. West in winter to Vancouver Island. 



Astragalinus. (Cabanis). 



Willow Goldfinch (Astragalinus tristis salicamans, Grinnell). 

 Taken at Okanagan. 



