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nestling phase. The sides of the neck and the region between 

 the hood and auricnlars are still covered by the short persistent 

 feathers of the nestling plumage. Tail 2.31 inches long, thus 

 equaling the adult. Yellow under tail-coverts just beginning to 

 appear. 



No. 133228, male juv., June 29, 1894, Aylett's, King William 

 County, Virginia, is still older, the throat patch is larger, as 

 shown in Fig. 4, and a better defined black line connects it with 

 the hood. Pale lemon-yellow under tail-coverts have now 

 appeared, but the nestling phase still shows almost entirely 

 around the neck, on the abdomen, down the center of the breast, 

 on the central part of the ear-coverts, and along the sides of the 

 hood. 



My series of young females does not exactly correspond in age 

 to the various stages of young males as above. 



No. 133229, female juv., is a sister of No. 133227, but of 

 course differs in the absence of black : the throat and breast are 

 entirely of a pale lemon -yellow interrupted on the sides of the 

 head, behind the eyes, by the remains of the nestling plumage. 

 Top of head a duller green than the back, with the rump 

 brighter than either ; the sides of the breast are still divided in 

 the center by the persistent remains of the nestling plumage, 

 which also shows entirely around the neck, except on the throat. 

 There is a break in the new feathers on each side of the breast, so 

 that the yellow of the underparts appears in three nearly con- 

 tinent patches — one on the throat and chin, and one on each 

 side of the under body ; yellowish under tail-coverts well 

 developed. 



It now remains to describe the full plumage of the young of 

 both sexes, which so far as I am aware has never been done. A 

 comparison with many specimens of adult birds show that the 

 pattern of coloration of the young male in the first autumn is 

 almost identical with that of the adult male, while in the young 

 female it is identical with those specimens of adult females 

 showing the least amount of black on the head ; a mere spot, 

 present in all specimens that I have examined. 



Young male, fully fledged, No. 127313, U. S. N. M. Coll., Stiulkv, 

 Hanover County, Virginia, July 6, 1892. Entire plumage of same pattern 

 as adult males; but black less intense, the ends of the leathers being 



