Birds observed in 'Naval Hospital 
Grounds, Brooklyn, G.H.Ooues 
36. Carpodacus purpureus. Purple Finch. - Quite common. 
BqJUN.O.O, 4,Jau., 1879, P.32 
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Nates on Some Winter Residents of 
Hudson Valley, E.A.Menrns. 
7. Carpodacus purpureus. Purple Finch. — These beautiful birds 
and sweet songsters are regular winter residents. In winter there is 
always a great preponderance of females, — almost as marked as was 
noted in the case of Pinicola enucleator and jEgiothus linaria, in the early 
part of the winter of 1874. Even the females are heard singing during 
the coldest weather ; this is of common occurrence in early winter. They 
are gregarious, often assembling in very large flocks. On such occasions 
they are quite wild, and, on being approached, all rise at once on wing, 
with a loud, rushing noise, accompanied by certain peculiar wild notes, 
which produces quite a startling effect. They feed upon seeds, chiefly 
those of the iron-wood ( Ostrya virginica ), and red cedar berries. 
Bull N. 0.0, 4, Jan., 1876, p.35 
Birds 
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55- Carpodacus purpureus (. Gmelin ) Baird. Purple Finch -A1 
ways here from before the snow goes off in spring till late in October, and 
sometimes throughout the winter. 
BoU. N. 0.0. 9, Oct, 1881, p.220 ‘ 
-THieJfinch {Carpodacus purnureti ^ S Ww — '/ CVc oAo i— 
abou/thp p glng m tbe Bals am Poplars! jZ -i/ ^\] ,\xjuo tyirtA, /} fl- 
* * Ty . 1 
O.&o. Vi 1, in " Purple Finch. Not common. 
June. 1883. p. v 3 . 
■BlJtta E. A. Sterling, Brooklyn, Pa. 
_ dB Ti °S& Oo 4 N» Y, Aldec LorinJ ! Auk, XIX ’ July ’ 1902 ' p - 2ee< 
f , 168 - P^Ti^T^inet r 
the spring and fall hm , tommoi > in 
Sr - ° l al1 but does not breed. 
X7 ‘ ^ 8a0 . p .83 J 
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(AsiX-df^ jo-(L«U-aJ2 /Le^erti^iA- Cr s /( Pro ~X~ , 
12 . Carpodacus purpureus. Purple Finch.— G iven as “very uncom- 
mon during the breeding season,” which is far from true for northern 
Madison County. As a migrant it is tolerably abundant, but only a com- 
paratively small number remain through the summer. I have never dis- 
covered a nest. 1 
1 At Thousand Island Park, Jefferson County, last summer, the Purple 
Finches were very common and were observed to -sing freely during the first 
two weeks of July, the length of a visit. 
Zjy 1/Yi^tcOAL^ V Auk, XX, July, 1903, p. y. 
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