. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. NORTH AMERICAN I * * BuRopBAM Bullfinch. S17. PURPLE FINCH. Carpodarua purpurcun (Omel.) Qeog. Dial.—Battern North America. BreedB from northern United States northward. Called Purple Groabeak, Crimson Finch or Linnet. It is found breeding regu- larly in the nortborn tier of States -the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Mlchlgnn, northward, and is said to have been found nesting in northern Illinois. An abundant bird in New England, where its sweet song, bright colors and sociable disposi
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. NORTH AMERICAN I * * BuRopBAM Bullfinch. S17. PURPLE FINCH. Carpodarua purpurcun (Omel.) Qeog. Dial.—Battern North America. BreedB from northern United States northward. Called Purple Groabeak, Crimson Finch or Linnet. It is found breeding regu- larly in the nortborn tier of States -the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Mlchlgnn, northward, and is said to have been found nesting in northern Illinois. An abundant bird in New England, where its sweet song, bright colors and sociable disposition have m it a favorite bird. It nests in May and June. The Rev. J. H. Langille states that he has found it nowhere so abundant as in Nova Scotia. The nest is usually placed in evergreens or orchard trees, at a moderate distance from the ground. It is composed of weed-stalks, bark-strips, rootlets, grasses, all kinds of vegotablc fibres, and lined with hairs. The nests and eggs remind one of the Chip- ping Sparrow'H on a large scale. The eggs are of a dull green, spotted with a very dark brown, chiefly about the greater end; four or flvo in number, and measure . 517a. CALIVOBNIA PUBPLE FINCH. Carpodarua purpuirna raHfornivun Dalrf!. Ueoff. Dist.—Paciflc coast of the United States, from BritlKh Columbia south to Southern California. The Callfornlu Purple Finch is a common bird throughout its range. Mr. Wil- liam A. Cooper notes it a» abundant around Santa Cruz, California. He states that It is a most destructive bird, visiting orchards and destroying young buds, blossoms, ond fruit. It retires to the wooded river bottoms and hills to breed; the favorite situations for the nest are the tops of tall willows, uldcrH. trees covered with climb- ing ivy, and horizontal branches of redwoods. The nests are usually placed at a con- siderablo distance from the ground: one was foutxl placed in the horizontal branches of an apple tree; the composition of the nests consist of s
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