Purple Mountain (Kerry) Purple Mountain (Kerry) Purple Mountain () at high, is the 21st–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 28th–highest according to the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Purple mountain is the highest peak of the Purple Mountain Group, and is located in County Kerry, Ireland. Purple Mountain is composed of sandstone particles of various sizes which are collectively known as "Old Red Sandstone". Old Red Sandstone has a purple-reddish colour, and has virtually no fossils. The colour gave its name to the mountain group. The composition of "Old Red Sandstone" is variable and contains quartz stones, mudstones, siltstones, and sandstone particles
Cuzco brush finch gray with grayish-white abdomens. Males and females are extremely similar in colour, with the female being slightly smaller. Adults: Male: wing , tail 78 mm, tarsus , culmen Female: wing , tail 72 mm, tarsus 25 mm, culmen 15 mm The Cuzco brush finch is a species in the genus "Atlapetes" - along with 30 others. This genus is in the under-class Aves, order passeriformes (songbirds) and family Emberizidae. The Cuzco brush finch has been denoted in 1919 by Chapman as "Atlapetes canigenis". In 1938 "canigenis" was categorized as a subspecies of slaty brush finch. However, "Canigenis" is in a