Eggs—Eight to twelve, of pale buff.
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PURPLE FINCH.—Carpodacus purpureus. Other names: “Purple Grosbeak,” “Crimson Finch,” “Linnet.”
Range—Eastern North America, breeding from Northern United States northward.
Nest—In evergreens or orchard trees, at a moderate distance from the ground. Composed of weed-stalks, bark-strips, rootlets, grasses, all kinds of vegetable fibres, and lined with hairs.
Eggs—Four or five, of a dull green, spotted with very dark brown, chiefly about the larger end.
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RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER.—Melanerpes carolinus. Other name: “Zebra Bird.”