BLACK ROSY FINCH. 
525. Leucosticte atrata. 6 V 2 inches. 
This species is the same in markings as the Gray-crowned, 
excepting that the brown is replaced with almost black on the 
back and breast. The females of this family are much the 
same as the males, only not as bright in markings, and the 
young are the same as the females. Found in the northern 
Rocky Mountains, breeding in the mountains south to Colo¬ 
rado. They are all restless birds, seldom making a long stop 
in one place, but flitting from one locality to another. After 
the breeding season, they congregate in large flocks and keep 
together about the snow line, getting their supply of seed and 
insect food. Their nesting habits and their eggs are the 
same as the Gray-crowned. 
BROWN-CAPPED ROSY FINCH. 
526. Leucosticte australis. 6^2 inches. 
These are to be found more southerly in the Rocky Moun¬ 
tains than any of the others, breeding in Colorado, and win¬ 
tering in New Mexico. Their nesting habits and eggs are 
the same. Most of this family keep above the timber line 
during the summer, and only come down into the valleys as 
the heavy snow comes. 
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