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 hardly need comparison with the eggs of any other of the Jays, 

 having a much purer white ground-color and a very different style 

 of spotting. 



The nest above described was found on the horizontal branch of a 

 nut-pine, toward the top, but only nine or ten feet from the ground. 

 Both our other observers' accounts indicate a similar position for 

 the nests, and it is probable that very little variation in this respect 

 is to be looked for. 



Later Mr. Parker writes that he has since found a second colony 

 in another portion of the same range of hills, where " thousands " 

 breed. Unfortunately he was too late for the eggs. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FIRST PLUMAGE IN VARIOUS SPE- 

 CIES OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



BY WILLIAM BREWSTER. 

 Ill* 



48. Vireo olivaceus. 



First plumage : male. Remiges, rectrices, and greater wing-coverts as 

 in adult ; rest of upper surface, including the lesser wing-coverts and 

 rump, light cinnamon, tinged with ashy, and upon the interscapular 

 region washed faintly with dull green ; cheeks pale buff. Supra-orbital 

 line and entire under parts silky white, with a delicate wash of pale 

 brown on the sides. From a specimen in my collection taken at Upton, 

 Me., July 30, 1874. 



49. Vireo gilvus. 



Autumnal plumage : young female. Crown precisely as in spring 

 adult ; interscapular region much more strongly tinged with olive-green. 

 Primaries and secondaries tipped with ashy-white. Anal and abdominal 

 regions silky-white. Rest of under parts creamy-buff, lightest on throat 

 and crissum, most pronounced on the pectoral region, and intensifying 

 into rich, though dull, brownish-yellow on the sides. From a specimen 

 in my collection, shot at Concord, Mass., September 12, 1877. 



50. Vireo flavifrons. 



First plumage : male. Remiges and rectrices similar to those of the 

 adults, but with the primaries and secondaries tipped and edged broadly 



* For Parts I and II, see this volume, pp. 15 - 23, 56 - 64. 



