Range.--Eastern North America, breeding from northern New England northward, and wintering to southern New England and Ohio and casually farther. They build in conifers [Illustration 326: Grayish white.] [Illustration: Evening Grosbeak.] [Illustration: Greenish white.] [Illustration: Pine Grosbeak.] [Illustration left hand margin.] Page 325 making their nests of small twigs and rootlets, lined with fine grasses and lichens. During the latter part of May or June they lay three or four eggs, which have a ground color of light greenish blue, spotted and splashed with dark brown, and with fainter markings of lilac. Size 1.00 × .70. Pine Grosbeaks have been separated into the following sub-species, the chief distinction between them being in their ranges. The nesting habits and eggs of all are alike. 515a. ROCKY MOUNTAIN PINE GROSBEAK. _Pinicola enucleator montana._ Range.--Rocky Mountain region 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 × .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.] [Illustration right hand margin.] Page 326 518. CASSIN'S PURPLE FINCH. _Carpodacus cassini._ Range.--North America west of the Rockies, breeding from British Columbia south to New Mexico.