go IN BIRD LAND. 
white underneath, and that may account for the 
albino quality of this specimen. 
When he is first fledged, the pattern of the young 
cardinal grossbeak’s plumage very much resembles 
that of his mother; but soon the bright red of his 
full dress begins to peep here and there through the 
grayish-olive of his kilts and trousers, so to speak, 
making him look as if he had been meddling with a 
keg of red paint and had splashed himself liberally 
with it. By and by there is a very odd blending of 
tints in his suit. Scarcely less curious is the garb 
of the young white-crowned sparrow; his whole 
head is black or blackish-brown, except a tiny speck 
of white in the centre of the crown, gleaming like 
a diamond in its dark setting. In the adult bird 
the whole crown is a glistening white, bordered on 
each side by a black band, which circles about on 
the forehead and separates the crown-piece from 
the white superciliary line. 
Some of the warblers are scarcely recognizable in 
their juvenile attire. For example, the young black- 
poll, bay-breasted, and chestnut-sided warblers bear 
little, if any, resemblance to their parents, whose 
diversified nuptial robes make our woodlands radiant 
in the spring. The young are quite tame in their 
soiled olive plumes, and look so much alike that 
the ornithologist is often at his wits’ end to tell 
them apart. Were it not for the yellow rumps of the 
magnolia and myrtle warblers when young, one 
would scarcely know them from a dozen other 
species as they pursue their journey southward in 
