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CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



PINICOLA 



CAHPODACUS 



LOXIA 



COCCOTHKATJSTES 



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. 



