Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Ernest E (THOMPSON Carpodacus purpureus)

THOMPSON. 517. Carpodacus purpureus (Gmel.). PURPLE FINCH. Ad. 8. -Entire body suffused with rose-red, strongest on the head, rump, and breast, more brownish on the back; whiter, generally white, on the belly; wings and tail brownish fuscous, the outer webs of the feathers finely edged with rose-red; a small tuft of bristly feathers over the nostrils; outer tail - feathers longest.

Ad. 2.-Very different, sparrowlike in appearance; upper parts dark grayish brown, finely streaked with black; wings and tail dark grayish brown; under parts white, streaked, or with wedgeshaped spots of fuscous. L., 6.22; W., 3.24; T., 2-29; B., 45.

FIG. 79.-Purple Finch. (Natural size.)

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