116 Brewstee's Descriptions of the First Plumage 



with white. Rest of upper parts uniformly hlue-gray, tinged with cinna- 

 mon. Throat, cheeks, and pectoral region anteriorly, very pale yellow. 

 Rest of under parts silky-white. From a specimen in my collection ob- 

 tained at Cambridge, Mass., June 30, 1871. 



51. Vireo solitarius. 



First plumage : female. Upper parts dark ashy, becoming lighter on 

 the rump, and washed strongly with olive-green on the interscapular re- 

 gion. Abdominal region and throat soiled white, the latter with a faint 

 ashy tinge. Sides and crissum pale greenish-yellow. A V-shaped patch 

 of fawn-color on the lower pectoral region. From a specimen in my col- 

 lection shot at Upton, Me., August 23, 1873. 



This bird is in transitional dress, being slightly past the first plumage. 



52. Vireo noveboracensis. 



First plumage : female. Entire upper parts brownish-olive ; wing-bands 

 pale fulvous. Throat, cheeks, and breast fulvous-ash. Central portions 

 of abdominal and anal regions soiled white. Sides and crissum pale yel- 

 low, tinged with buff. Otherwise similar to the adult. From a specimen 

 in my collection obtained at Cambridge, Mass., July 20, 1871. 



53. Pinicola enucleator. 



First plumage : male. Forehead, crown, cheeks, and throat dull yel- 

 lowish-brown, lightest on the throat, with a few blood-red feathers inter- 

 mixed on the forehead and cheeks. A dusky line through the lores. 

 Occiput and interscapular region purplish olive-brown ; nape a lighter 

 shade of the same color ; tail-coverts and rump dull yellowish-red ; wing- 

 bands and edging of secondaries light wood-brown ; entire under parts 

 reddish-brown, lightest on abdomen, most pronounced on breast and sides. 

 From a specimen in my collection shot at Upton, Me., August 27, 1874. 



Young birds in the second or autumnal plumage exhibit almost endless 

 variations of coloring. The males may be distinguished in most cases by 

 the coppery-red on the crown and rump ; but some females have the 

 ordinary Isrownish-yellow on those parts, strongly tinged with red. One 

 young male in my collection exhibits a broad pectoral band of light rose- 

 color mixed with reddish-yellow. 



54. Carpodacus purpureus. 



First plumage : female. Above dark brown, shading to lighter on the 

 rump, each feather edged with light reddish-brown. The forehead and 

 supra-loral line streaked with grayish. Under parts dull white, thickly 

 streaked everywhere, except on crissum and anal region, with very dark 

 brown. From a specimen in my collection taken at Cambridge, Jul)'^ 9, 

 1873. Although this bird is in strictly first plumage, it differs scarcely 

 appreciably in coloring from autumnal specimens. 



