118 Beewster's Descriptions of the First Plumage 



59. Plectrophanes ornatus. 



First plumage : female. Above light reddish-brown, every feather 

 streaked centrally with very dark brown, most heavily so upon the crown. 

 Greater and middle wing-coverts pale ashy, tinged with reddish. Lores 

 and superciliary stripes dull gray, the latter minutely dotted with brown. 

 Under parts pale fulvous, streaked somewhat finely with brown upon the 

 breast and jugulum, with a maxillary series of spots of the same color. 

 From a specimen in my cabinet, -collected by Dr. Coues, September 3^ 

 1873, at Souris River, Dakota. 



60. Fasserculus savanna. 



First 'plumage : male. Above light brownish cream-color, streaked 

 thickly and finely on the top of the head and nape, more broadly on 

 the back, with dark brown. Beneath dull white, strongly tinged ante- 

 riorly with brownish-yellow, finely streaked everywhere excepting upon 

 the abdominal and anal regions with dull black. Wings paler than in 

 adult, with the greater and middle coverts tipped with fulvous. From 

 a specimen in my collection, shot at Upton, Maine, August 11, 1873. 



61. Coturniculus henslovri. 



First plumage. Top of head, neck, upper parts of back and rump, oliva- 

 ceous brown ; crown with a broad black-spotted stripe on each side. 

 Feathers of interscapular region with heavy central spots of dull black. 

 Beneath pure delicate straw-color, lightest on the abdomen, deepest, with 

 a strong bufi"y tinge, on the throat, breast, and sides ; no spots or markings 

 of any kind on the under parts. Outer edging of primaries and secondaries 

 dull cinnamon ; wing-coverts buff. Lores and spot upon the auriculars 

 dusky. Bill colored like that of the adult. From two specimens in my 

 cabinet, collected at Concord, Mass., June 19, 1878. With the single ex- 

 ception of Chrysomitris tristis, this is the only species of the Fringillidce, 

 80 far as I am aware, in which the young in first plumage are entirely 

 immaculate beneath. 



Autumnal plumage : youug female. Bill hlack. Crown, cheeks, and su- 

 perciliaryline, anteriorly, reddish-buff. A narrow maxillary and inframax- 

 illary stripe and a small spot behind the auriculars, black. Top of head 

 with two broad stripes of dark brown upon the sides. Post-orbital space, 

 neck, nape, and back anteriorly dull olive-green, the nape dotted finely with 

 dusky. Tertiaries, upper tail-coverts, and feathers of interscapular region 

 with broad, rounded, central spots of black, shading round their edges 

 into dark chestnut, and tipped narrowly with ashy-white. Outer surface 

 of wing similar to the adults, but paler. Under parts pale reddish-buflf, 

 fading into soiled white upon the abdomen. A broad continuous band 

 of black spots across the breast, extending down the sides to the crissum. 

 Throat flecked faintly but thickly with dusky. Chin, jugulum, and 

 central abdominal and anal regions unspotted. From a specimen in 



