. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 311. Fig. 396. Purple Finch. County Mr. Grinnell finds it a common winter visitant of the mesas andlowlands, haunting thickets and brushy places in small companies. 518. Carpodacus cassini Baird. CASSIN PURPLE FINCH. Adult male. — Top of head with squarish patch of bright crimson ; rumpdull rose pink ; back and scapulars dull pinkish brown, sharply streakedwith dark brown ; under parts pale pink fading- to unstreaked white onbelly; lowe
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 311. Fig. 396. Purple Finch. County Mr. Grinnell finds it a common winter visitant of the mesas andlowlands, haunting thickets and brushy places in small companies. 518. Carpodacus cassini Baird. CASSIN PURPLE FINCH. Adult male. — Top of head with squarish patch of bright crimson ; rumpdull rose pink ; back and scapulars dull pinkish brown, sharply streakedwith dark brown ; under parts pale pink fading- to unstreaked white onbelly; lower tail coverts usually conspicuously streaked icith dusky: wingfeathers edged with reddish; tail much shorter than wing-, deeply emar-ginate. Adult female : whole body sharply streaked with dusky ; groundcolor of upper parts olive gray ; of under parts white. Young : similar tofemale, but streaks of lower parts narrower and wing edgings more ochra-ceous. Male: length (skins) , wing , tail , Female : length (skins) ). wing bill . 312 FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. Remark*. --Tlie male Cassin finch m
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