PURPLE FINCH. 



607 



of a beautiful ultramarine blue : young bird, and 

 female, grey : the male obtains his blue colour in 

 the spring of the second year ; he has a very fine 

 song. 



PURPLE FINCH. 

 (Fringilla purpurea.) 



Fr. subviolacea, ventre ca?idido, remigibus intus caudaque d medio 



ad apicem Juscis. 

 Sub violet Finch; belly white; the inner part of the quills, and 



the tail, from the middle to the tip, fuscous. 

 Fringilla purpurea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 923. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 446. 45. 



Pyrrhula Carolinensis violacea. Briss. 3. 324. 8. 

 Bouvreuil violet de la Caroline. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 395. 

 Purple Finch. Penn, Arct. Zool. 3. 258. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 

 275. 39. 



Near six inches in length : prevailing colour of 

 the plumage violet : belly white : inside of the 

 quills brown : tail slightly forked : female brown, 

 except the breast, which is slightly spotted with 

 dark brown. 



This bird feeds on the berries of the juniper, 

 and the buds of fruit trees. It is a native of Caro- 

 lina, but disappears on the approach of winter. 



v. ix. p. 11. 34 



