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CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 



PINICOLA 



CAHPODACirS 



SPINUS 



ACANTHIS 



COCOOTHRAT7STES 







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Undeveloped yellow 



Gray streaked ancestral form. 



Genus Spinus. The Goldfinches. 



(7) Adult male more conspicuously colored than 

 female; young similar to female, but duller; or (5) Male 

 in breeding plumage differs from female; young with a 

 peculiar first plumage, but similar to winter adults. 



Prevailing colors, black, white, yellow, olive green, 

 brown. 



