Carpodacus purpureus. 
1871. 
May 30- 
JuriG 10. 
1879. 
June 16. 
1882. 
Oct.8-23 
Maine (Lake IJmbagog). 
Very common and distributed every v/’hera throughout 
the y/oods. The males usually sang from the tops of 
the tallest spruces. 
This bird, like the i'obin, is found everyv/’here throu¬ 
ghout these forests, often many miles from any clearing. 
The songs of all-the males here differ markedly from 
those of Massachusetts birds, in beinp shorter, and pos¬ 
sessing a wild, ringing tone that makes them on the 
vrhole more beautiful, if more abrupt and less finished. 
Common for the first week of our stay. Were seen 
on tne 18th but iione aftervTards. 
