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to alight again a few feet farther on, singing the same gay 
“perchicoree, per-chic-o-ree ” as do their Eastern kinsfolk. 
531. LAWRENCE GOLDFINCH. — Astragalinus 
lawrence. 
Famity: The Finches, Sparrows, etc. 
Length: 4.50-4.70. 
Adult Male: Upper parts brownish gray (the back sometimes tinged 
with olive-green), changing to bright greenish yellow on rump and 
wings ; crown, face, and throat black ; median under parts yellow ; 
lateral under parts light brownish-gray, becoming white on tail- 
coverts and middle of belly. 
Adult Female: Similar to male, but colors duller, and without black on 
head or throat. 
Young: Similar to female, but duller and lower parts indistinctly 
streaked. 
Geographical Distribution : California west of the Sierra Nevada ; south- 
eastward in winter to Arizona. 
California Breeding Range: Local in upper and lower Sonoran: zones 
west of the Sierra Nevada, as far north as Chico. Recorded from 
Ventura County and San Gorgonia Pass. 
Breeding Season: April, May, and June. 
Nest : Composed of wool, fine grasses, down, and feathers, closely woven 
together ; lined with long hair; placed on extreme end of the limb 
of a live oak tree. Sometimes the nest is composed entirely of 
grasses. 
Eggs: 4 or 5; pure white. Size 0.62 X 0.44. 
THe Lawrence Goldfinch is a haunter of the cafions 
and the lower range of pine forests. Like the Arkansas 
and willow goldfinches, it is found in small flocks feed- 
ing on the seeds of weeds and flitting from one foraging 
eround to another in the winter days. arly in April it 
seeks its breeding places in the foot-hills, where, securely 
hidden from prying eyes in the unfrequented cajions, it 
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