. Handbook of birds of eastern North America; with introductory chapters on the study of birds in nature . the feathers finely edgedwith rose-red; a small tuft of bristly feathers over the nostrils; outer tail-feathers longest. This plumage is acquired at the first postnuptial 9.—Very different, sparrowlike in appearance; upperparts dark grayishbrown, finely streaked with black; wings and tail dark grayish brown; under-parts white, streaked, or with wedge-shaped spots of fuscous. A whitish super-ciliary line. Im. d.—Similar to adultfemale. L., 6-22; W., 3-24; T., 2-29;B., -45. Remarks
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America; with introductory chapters on the study of birds in nature . the feathers finely edgedwith rose-red; a small tuft of bristly feathers over the nostrils; outer tail-feathers longest. This plumage is acquired at the first postnuptial 9.—Very different, sparrowlike in appearance; upperparts dark grayishbrown, finely streaked with black; wings and tail dark grayish brown; under-parts white, streaked, or with wedge-shaped spots of fuscous. A whitish super-ciliary line. Im. d.—Similar to adultfemale. L., 6-22; W., 3-24; T., 2-29;B., -45. Remarks.—Females and young malesbear a decided reseniblancc to .sonic Spar-rows, but the rounded i)ill, tufts of feathersoyer the nostrils, and forked tail are dis-tinguishing characters. Range.—E. N. Am. Breeds in Cana-dian and Transition zones from ccn. , ne. Alberta, n. Ont. (Moose Factory),cen. Que. (Gaspe Basin), and N. F. to , N. D. (Turtle Mts.), cen. Minn., n. Ills., Pa. (mts.), n. N. J., and L. I.; pio. 100. Purple Finch winters from considerably n. of the south- (Natural size.).
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