I^zj. Loomis on Plumage of Some South Carolina Birds. I A „ r \i 



the feathers, the juvenile appearance of the birds of the second 

 season appeared to be due to a retarding of the process of abra- 

 sion, which wearing away of the terminal portions of the 

 feathers is manifest in this species from its first arrival in this 

 locality. 



Piranga erythromelas. — There is a marking on the under 

 surface of the wing in the female and in the male in green livery 

 which seems to have escaped general notice, but which renders 

 both distinguishable at a glance from the female or young male 

 of P. rubra. It extends from the carpal joint to the exposed 

 shaft of the outer primary, and is about an inch in length and 

 an eighth of an inch in width and olive brown in color. It 

 corresponds to a similar black marking in the adult spring 

 male. In all examples of P. rubra I have examined the region 

 of the under wing-coverts is uniform yellow in the female and 

 red in the adult male. 



Piranga rubra. — The following description is of a female, 

 with ovary of a breeding bird, taken June 2, 1S79. Prevailing 

 color above brownish gray, with touches of olive-yellowish ; 

 under surface cream-color, washed with Naples yellow, with a 

 patch of chrome yellow on breast. Three males and a female 

 of subspecies coofieri in the American Museum resemble this 

 specimen in their faded appearance. 



Helminthophila chrysoptera. — A female from Caesar's 

 Head, June 16, 1891, shows an indication of albinism in the 

 continuation of the white of the malar region over more than 

 half of the throat and chin. 



Helminthophila celata. — In a fall male and a spring female 

 the eyelids are edged with whitish, forming an orbital ring 

 which was very distinct when the birds were in the flesh. 



Dendroica cserulescens. — The black feathers of the throat 

 and chin are without white tips in a male obtained Oct. 2, iSSS, 

 and the scapulars and interscapulars are distinctly spotted with 

 black, and unwashed with olive green. The whole appearance 

 of the specimen is that of a spring male in high feather. The 

 exterior edges of several of the outer primaries, near their ex- 

 tremities, are, also, whitish, constituting a rather distinct area 

 when the wing is closed. In another October example the 

 dorsal streaks are so heavy and numerous as to present the ap- 



