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Examples of colour shifting from (a) early winter: november to (b) mid-winter: February and (c) early spring: April in breast carotenoid-based coloration of different adult male linnets. Note that the reddish coloration of breast feathers partially covered by pale tips increased as tips progressively abraded from winter to spring.
