A Yellow Phase of the Cassin Purple Finch

Authors

A. J. Rossem

Online Full Text

Although Linnets (Carpodacus mexicanus) are well known to show variable amounts of yellow, this color has not been detected, so far as I am aware, in other members of the genus. An adult male Cassin Finch (Carpodacus cassini) taken by the writer near Sierra City, Sierra County, California, July 17, 1916, has the normally red areas entirely replaced by lemon yellow. It is now in the collection of Mr. A. B. Howell.

Los Angeles, California, March 25, 1991

Creative Commons License

Terms of use for work posted in Scholar Commons.

Recommended Citation

Rossem, A. J. (1921) "A Yellow Phase of the Cassin Purple Finch," Condor: Vol. 23 : Iss. 5 , Article 9.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/condor/vol23/iss5/9