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

by Charles K. Reed

GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCH.

524. Leucosticte tephrocotis. 6½ inches.

This is a lighter colored bird than the above. It is found on the eastern slope of the Rockies and has been found breeding in the Sierra Nevadas, in crevices of the rocks, after the same manner as the above. The eggs cannot be distinguished from the above.