58 Brewster's Descriptions of the First Plumage 



Rest of upper parts, including wing-coverts and sides of head, light olive- 

 brown. Lores dull black. Superciliary line, both eyelids, throat, jugulum 

 abdominal and anal regions, with crissum, light buff. Breast and sides 

 olive, tinged with buff. Spot on base of primaries dirty-white. From two 

 specimens, male and female, in my collection, shot with parents at Upton, 

 Me., August 11, 1873. The male above described shows a few black 

 feathers on one side of the throat. Several adult females in my collec- 

 tion, taken both in spring and fall, lack the white wing-patch altogether. 

 Others have it but faintly indicated. 



28. Dendrceca coronata. 



First plu7nage: female. Upper parts, in general, dull grayish- white, 

 tinged with brownish, heavily streaked with slaty-black, the streaks 

 broadest on the back and narrowest on the pileum ; rump soiled white, 

 with well-defined streakings like the back. Lower parts pale lemon, 

 tinged with brownish on the throat, narrowly but distinctly streaked with 

 dull black over the entire surface. From a specimen in my collection, 

 shot at Upton, Me., August 7, 1874. The tirst plumage of no other bird 

 that I am acquainted with exhibits such a remarkable variation from the 

 more mature stages. The specimen just described resembles closely, in 

 general markings and coloration, the Pine Finch (Chrysomitris pinus). 

 As is well illustrated by a full suite of specimens in transitional stages, 

 the yellow of the rump is acquired early in the first moult, which is very 

 nearly completed, in most cases, before that of the crown appears. 



29. Dendrceca blackburnias. 



First plumage : male and female. Remiges, rectrices, etc., as in au- 

 tumnal adult ; rest of upper parts uniform dark brown, each feather on 

 the back edged with light buff ; the white scapular stripe poorly defined. 

 Head markings precisely similar in pattern to the adults', but with the 

 orange everywhere replaced by white, slightly tinged with buff on pos- 

 terior half of superciliary line. Throat and entire under parts, in the 

 male, clear white, tinged with pale yellow, each feather (excepting on 

 throat) spotted terminally with black. From two specimens in my col- 

 lection taken at Upton, Me., August 5 and 6, 1874. One of these, the 

 male, has a few orange feathers on the throat, indicating the coming fall 

 plumage. 



" Young in autumn. Above similar to the adult female in fall plumage, 

 but more olivaceous ; all the markings less distinct. Supei-ciliary stripe 

 and entire lower parts, except the crissum, pale yellowish-buff, hardly 

 brighter on the jugulum. Sides very faintly streaked with grayish. In 

 my collection (No. 1003), Mt. Carmel, 111., August 15, 1870." — R. R. 



30. Dendrceca castanea. 



First plumar/e : female. Remiges, rectrices, primary coverts, and alulaj 

 as in adult. Pileum, nape, and rump dull brown ; back dull olive-green ; 



