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U. S. P. E. E. EXP. AND SUEVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENEEAL EEPOET, 
Comparative measurements of species. 
Catal. 
No. 
Species. 
Locality. 
Sex. 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Tail. 
Tarsus. 
Middle 
toe. 
Its claw 
alone. 
Bill 
above. 
Along 
gape. 
Specimen 
measured. 
5.80 
3.20 
2.56 
0.62 
0.72 
0.20 
0,44 
0.48 
Skin*. 
796 
8 
5.52 
3.10 
2.50 
0.65 
0.72 
0.20 
0.40 
0,50 
5.83 
9.83 
3.16 
1380 
Q 
5.50 
3.25 
2.52 
0.72 
0.79 
0.24 
0.45 
0.56 
C.41 
10.33 
3.16 
10230 
8 
5.50 
3.20 
2.60 
0.70 
0.76 
0.19 
0.43 
0.48 
Skin. ... 
10231 
.do. 
Q 
5.44 
3.00 
2.46 
0.72 
0.77 
0.20 
0.46 
0.50 
6420 
Camp 104, Pueblo 
8 
6.02 
3.56 
2.52 
0.74 
0.76 
0.20 
0.50 
0.58 
creek, N c M. 
5.50 
10.00 
7.00 
6421 
6.10 
3.56 
2.72 
0.74 
0.76 
0,20 
0.50 
0.56 
.do. 
5.50 
9.00 
3.00 
6422 
Q 
5.10 
2.40 
0.68 
0.78 
0.20 
0.48 
0.53 
Skin. 
buquerquc. 
4568 
5.60 
3.10 
2.78 
0.68 
0 68 
0.16 
0.40 
0.50 
Skin|. 
5547 
8 
5.40 
3.08 
2,74 
0.68 
0.60 
0.18 
0.38 
0.50 
8548 
.do. 
8 
5.50 
3.10 
• 2.78 
0.68 
0.74 
0.18 
0.39 
0.48 
6429 
Q 
5.40 
2.92 
2.54 
0.69 
0.68 
0.18 
0.40 
0.47 
2886 
8 
6.00 
3.14 
0.68 
0.72 
0.17 
0.41 
0.50 
* No label. 
f Mounted. 
t Mounted ; wings broken off. 
CARPODACUS PURPUREUS, Gray. 
Purple Fincli. 
Fringilla purpurea, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 923.— Lath. Ind. I, 1790, 446.— Wilson, Am. Orn. I, 1808, 119; 
pi. vii, f. 4.— Ib. Y, 1812, 87 ; pi. xlii, f. 3.— Abd. Orn. Biog. I, 1831, 24 : V, 200 ; pi. 4. 
Haemorrhouspurpurea, Sivainson, Birds, II, 1837, 295. 
Erythrospizapurpurea, Bp. List, 1838.— Aud. Syn. 1839, 125.— Ib. Birds Amer. Ill, 1841, 170 ; pi. 196, 
Carpodacus purpurea, Gray’s Genera, 1844-’49.— p. Conspectus, 1850, 533.—Bon. & Schlegel, Mon. of Loxiens, 
14, tab. xv. 
? Loxiaviolacea, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1766, 306, 43. (Very uncertain ) 
Purple finch, Catesby, 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. 
Hob. —North America, from Atlantic to the high central plains. 
