. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. Fi:iN<nLLII)J': —THK FIXCHl'X 4(;i. Carpoffnrus frontnlis. less sliaT]'ly «l"tiiu'(l, aiul tlic wiii^f-ieatluTs arc lnnadly edncd with li^dit earth-bniwii. Ill autiiiiin ami winter, as in all tlic otlitT specie's, the rod tints art; softer and lanrt' }»inj>lisli tlian in sprinL; and snininer. IIahiis. C'assin's Purplf Fincli is the largest of the American hirds of this genus, and is not only eunspiciiuusly
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. Fi:iN<nLLII)J': —THK FIXCHl'X 4(;i. Carpoffnrus frontnlis. less sliaT]'ly «l"tiiu'(l, aiul tlic wiii^f-ieatluTs arc lnnadly edncd with li^dit earth-bniwii. Ill autiiiiin ami winter, as in all tlic otlitT specie's, the rod tints art; softer and lanrt' }»inj>lisli tlian in sprinL; and snininer. IIahiis. C'assin's Purplf Fincli is the largest of the American hirds of this genus, and is not only eunspiciiuusly ditferent from all in size, but also in other respeets. It is found hetween tlie ureat Cen- tral Plains and the eoast niiiLje of mountains, heinjx one of the eominon l>irds of Colorado, rtali, Nevada, and Kastern Calilornia. Dr. Cooper found these hirds in larue iiunil)ers about Lake Talioc in California. They were all in their brown i»luinage, and seemed so much like the C. califoniu'U)> in their habits that he mistook them for that sjjoeies. He noticed in them a very peculiar call-note as they Hew, reminding him of that of PiinnKjn, and (juite dilferent from the other Vin-podaci. The song of these l)irds, as he afterwards heard it, was much louder and finer ihan that of C. coli- fornints. and more original in stvle. He is not familiar with their other habits, and has never met with them in the C(»lorado Vallev. Thev have l)eeii procured from Fort Tliurne, l*uel)lo Creek, and Alber(iuer(|iie, Xew Mexico. Mr. Ifidgwav met with these birds in the Wahsatch Mountains, June 2C), 18(19, in Tarley's l*ark, Utah, where he found them breeding. Their nest was in the to]) of a cottonwo<xl-tree near the canon stream, about forty feet from the ground. It is a soft homogeneous structure, flattened in shape, and with only a slight dejux'ssion. It is composed principally of roots and twigs, lined with softer materials of the same, iiiters})ersed with moss, cotton, and other s
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