from New Mexico to Montana.

515b. CALIFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK. _Pinicola enucleator californica._

Range.--Higher parts of the Sierra Nevadas in California.

515c. ALASKA PINE GROSBEAK. _Pinicola enucleator alascensis._

Range.--Interior of Northwest America from Alaska south to British
Columbia.

515d. KADIAK PINE GROSBEAK. _Pinicola enucleator flammula._

Range.--Kadiak Island and the southern coast of Alaska.

516. CASSIN'S BULLFINCH. _Pyrrhula cassini._

Range.--Northern Asia; accidental in Alaska.

517. PURPLE FINCH. _Carpodacus purpureus purpureus._

Range.--North America east of the plains, breeding from the Middle
States north to Labrador and Hudson Bay; winters in the United States.

These sweet songsters are quite abundant in New England in the summer,
but more so north of our borders. While they breed sometimes in trees,
in orchards, I have nearly always found their nests in evergreens,
usually about three-fourths of the way up. The nests are made of fine
weeds and grasses and lined with horse hair. The eggs, which are usually
laid in June, are greenish blue, spotted with dark brownish; size .85 x
.65.

517a. CALIFORNIA PURPLE FINCH. _Carpodacus purpureus californicus._

Range.--Pacific coast, breeding from central California to British
Columbia and wintering throughout California.

The nesting habits and eggs of this darker colored variety are just like
those of the last.

[Illustration 327: Greenish blue.]
[Illustration: Purple Finch.]
[Illustration: Greenish blue.]
[Illustration: 515b--517a.]
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518. CASSIN'S PURPLE FINCH. _Carpodacus cassini._

Range.--North America west of the Rockies, breeding from British
Columbia south to New Mexico.

This species is similar to the last but the back, wings and tail are
darker and the purplish color of the preceding species is replaced by a
more pinkish shade. The nesting habits and eggs are the same as those of
the eastern Purple Finch; size of eggs .85 x .60. Data.--Willis, New
Mexico, June 23, 1901. Nest made of twigs and rootlets and lined with
horse hair. Collector, F. J. Birtwell.

519. HOUSE FINCH. _Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis._

Range.--United States west of the Plains and from Oregon and Wyoming to
Mexico.

This is one of the best known of western birds, and nests commonly in
all situations from trees and bushes to vines growing on porches. Their
nests are made of rootlets a