lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria), Lawrence's goldfinch (Spinus lawrencei), downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens), California quail (Callipepla californica) PL. LXXXV1I
1. Arkansas Goldfinch. (Chrysomitris psaltria.) = Lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
2. Lawrence's Goldfinch. (Chrysomitris lawrenci). Male. Lawrence's goldfinch (Spinus lawrencei)
3. Lawrence's Goldfinch. (Chrysomitris lawrenci). female. Lawrence's goldfinch (Spinus lawrencei)
4. Gairdner's Woodpecker. (Picus gairdneri). = Picoides pubescens gairdnerii = Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens gairdnerii)
5. California Valley Quail. (Lophotryx californicus). Male. = California quail (Callipepla californica)
6. California Valley Quail. (Lophotryx californicus). Female. = California quail (Callipepla californica)
Date 1903
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6022154231
Author John Graham Bell; Frank M Chapman; Theodore Jasper; Natural science association of America (New York, N.Y.); Jacob Henry Studer; Studer, Jacob Henry; Studer, Jacob Henry; Studer, Jacob Henry
Full title The birds of North America : one hundred and nineteen artistic colored plates representing the different species and varieties drawn and colored from nature : including a copious text giving a popular account of their habits and characteristics, based on observations made in the field by the most eminent writers on ornithology : prefaced by a systematic table and index to page, plate and figure /
BHL Page URL http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35159781
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_birds_of_North_America_(PL._LXXXVII)_(6022154231).jpg
The lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) is a small songbird of the Americas. It may be the smallest true finch in the world. The lesser goldfinches range from the southwestern United States to Venezuela and Peru.
Lawrence's goldfinch (Spinus lawrencei) is a small songbird of erratic distribution that breeds in California and Baja California and winters in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
The downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) is a species of woodpecker, the smallest in North America.
The California quail (Callipepla californica), also known as the California valley quail or valley quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. These birds have a curving crest or plume, made of six feathers, that droops forward: black in males and brown in females; the flanks are brown with white streaks.
