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
Laysan finch The female is duller than the male, with brown streaking. It is almost impossible to confuse the Laysan finch with any other bird in the field as it is the only passerine species found on the few islands it lives on. On its discovery the Laysan finch was an endemic resident of the small island of Laysan, along with the Laysan rail ("Porzana palmeri"), the Laysan honeycreeper ("Himatione fraithii"), the Laysan duck ("Anas laysanensis"), and the Laysan millerbird ("Acrocephalus familiaris familiaris"). Populations were introduced to several islands, including Pearl and Hermes Atoll, where the species persists, and Midway Atoll, where