Purple finch and house finch

Description:

Three specimens in Royal BC Museum. No. 7998: male purple finch, collected by Ian McTaggart Cowan, Tipper Creek, May 6, 1938; no. 13975: male house finch, collected by Hamilton Mack Laing, Comox, December 29, 1964; no. 6032: female house finch, collected by Ian McTaggart Cowan, Victoria, June 10, 1937. Photographed by Michael Wall. (Family: fringillidae; binomial name: haemorhous mexicanus)

Subjects:

House finch; Cassin' s finch

Subjects Facet:

House finch; Cassin' s finch

Date:

1937-06-10; 1938-05-06; 1964-12-29

Date searchable:

1937; 1938; 1964

Genre:

photographs

Genre Facet:

photographs

Format:

jpg item

Language:

eng

Language Facet:

eng

Relation:

Digitized by Briony Penn. Uploaded by D. Seeman.

Rights:

This item has been made available for research and study. For other uses, contact UVic Special Collections and University Archives, 250-721-8257.

Title-Alternative:

Carpodacus purpureus; Carpodacus mexicanus

Location(s):

British Columbia--Tupper Creek; British Columbia--Comox; British Columbia--Victoria; 55.4999, -120.03612; 49.68294, -124.93613; 48.43294, -123.3693

Location(s) Facet:

British Columbia--Tupper Creek; British Columbia--Comox; British Columbia--Victoria