412 
0. S. P. R. K. EXP. AND SURVEYS ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 
Comparative measurements of sj)ecies. 
103:111 
10231 
0130 
4568 
5547 
8548 
6439 
2886 
Ciiipodaciis pnrpil 
do 
Carpodacus califbrni 
Carpodacus haemorrhous, 
Carpodacus frontalis 
Camp 104, Pu 
creek, N, M. 
.do. 
16 miles west of Al- 
buquerque. 
Mexico 
Petaluma,Cal 
S;u iriiii<-nto valley. 
Mexico 
Length. Stretch Wing. Tail, 
fwini 
10.00 
9.00 
Tarsus. Middle 
0.68 
0.68 
0.69 
0.68 
Its clav 
0.18 
0.18 
Bill 
Along 
gape. 
CAEPODACUS PUEPUBEUS, Gray. 
Purple Finch. 
Fringilla purpurea, Gmei.in, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, P23.— Lath. Ind. I, 1790, 446.— Wilson, Am. Orn. I, 1808, 119; 
pi. vii, f. 4.— Ib. V, 1812, 87 ; pi. xlii, f. 3.— Add. Orn. Biog. I, 1831, 24 : V, 200 ; pi. 4. 
Haemorrhous purpurea, Swainson, Birds, II, 1837, 295. 
Erythrospiza purpurea, Bp. List, 1838.— Aud. Syn. 1839, 125.— Ib. Birds Amer. Ill, 1841, 170 ; pi. 19G. 
Carpodacus purpurea, Gray's Genera, 1844- '49. — Bp. Conspectus, 1850, 533. — Bon. & Schlegel, Mon. of Loxiens, 
14, tab. xv. 
? Loxiaviolacea, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1766, 306, 43. (Very uncertain.) 
Purple finch, Catesbt, Pennant, Lath. Hemp-bird, Bartram. 
Sp. Ch. — Second quill longest; first shorter than third ; considerably longer than the fourth. Body crimson, palest on the 
rump and breast, darkest across the middle of back and wing coverts, where the feathers have dusky centres. The red extends 
below continuously to the lower part of the breast, and in spots to the tibiae. The belly and under tail coverts white, streaked 
faintly with brown, except in the very middle. Edges of wings and tail feathers brownish red ; lesser coverts like the back. 
Two reddish bands across the wings, (over the ends of the middle and greater coverts.) Lores dull grayish. Length, 6.25 
inches ; wing, 3.34 ; tail, 2 50 ; bill above, .46. 
Female olivaceous brown ; brighter on the rump. Beneath white. All the feathers everywhere streaked with brown, except 
on the middle of the belly and under coverts a superciliary light stripe. 
Hah. — North America, from Atlantic to the high central plains. 
