Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

BROWN-CAPPED ROSY FINCH.

526. Leucosticte australis. 6½ inches.

These are to be found more southerly in the Rocky Mountains than any of the others, breeding in Colorado, and wintering in New Mexico. Their nesting habits and eggs are the same. Most of this family keep above the timber line during the summer, and only come down into the valleys as the heavy snow comes.