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55. Loxia leucoptera. 

 A male and female of this species, received from Mr. J. G. Rich, and 

 shot by him at Upton, Me., some time in April, differ widely in color- 

 ing from any specimens which I have previously examined. The male is 

 very brilliant carmine, nowhere streaked or obscured except on the sides, 

 abdomen, and forehead. The wings, tail, and scapulars are very clear 

 glossy-black ; the white wing-bands unusually broad and clearly defined. 

 The female is similarly marked, with pale orange replacing the carmine 

 of the male. The rump and breast exhibit large areas of the purest 

 orange, which, however, is scarcely less pronounced on the back and 

 crown, although there somewhat obsciired by a dusky pencilling. Whether 

 these specimens represent some regular seasonal phase of plumage, or are 

 simply aberrant types, I am unable to decide. Both are apparently adult 

 birds. 



56. Loxia curvirostra americana. 



First plumage : female. Upper surface generally brown, each feather 

 edged and tipped with dull gray. Interscapular region washed with 

 greenish-olive ; rump yellowish-white, with a greenish tinge ; a few only 

 of the feathers with darker centres. Beneath dull ash, lighter on the ab- 

 domen, washed with greenish across the breast, each feather with a central 

 streak of dark brown. From a specimen in my collection obtained at- 

 Upton, Me., June 25, 1873. In general aspect this specimen is much 

 darker than the adult female. It was moulting, and had acquired a few 

 feathers of the autumnal plumage. 



57. Chrysomitris pinus. 



First plumage: female. Strong mustard-yellow, tinged on the upper 

 parts with brownish-olive, every feather, excepting those on the abdomen, 

 streaked with dark brown. Wing-bands and outer edging of secondaries 

 fulvous. From a specimen in my collection, shot at Upton, Me., Au- 

 gust 18, 1873. The first plumage of this species is certainly most remark- 

 able. The yellow is by no means a mere wash or tinge of color, but pure, 

 strong, and uniformly distributed. In a series of five or six specimens 

 collected at about the same time, several exhibit a brownish cast, espe- 

 cially on the upper parts, while scarcely any two agree as to the relative 

 amount and color of the dusky streaks. In one example they are very 

 broad and almost black, in another, tear-shaped and of a dull brown. 



58. Chrysomitris tristis. 



First plumage : male. Crown, interscapular region, and rump light 

 reddish-brown, tinged with olive. "Wing-bands and a broad edging upon 

 the secondaries intense fawn-color. Forehead and entire under parts 

 fulvous-yellow, most prominent on the sides. From a specimen in my 

 collection, shot at Upton, Me., August 29, 1873. 



