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moult they attain the sexual colours of the adult, with 

 this exception, that the young males are intermediate in 

 tint between adult males and adult females. In cap- 

 tivity the adult male appears to lose his scarlet dress after 

 the first moult, and to retain a plumage similar to that of 

 the female, as is the case with the Linnet. 



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