122 Brewster's Descriptions of First Plumages. 



dull black. Beneath soiled white, thickly streaked everywhere, excepting 

 upon the abdomen, with dull black. From a specimen in my collection 

 obtained at Columbus, Ohio, by Dr. J. M. Wheaton. 



73. Euspiza americana. 



First plumage. Above pale fulvous, Avith broad markings of dark brown 

 upon the feathers of the interscapular region, and narrower fainter ones 

 of lighter brown upon the crown. Bend of wing, middle and greater cov- 

 erts, fulvous. Under parts delicate fawn-color, deepest upon the breast. 

 No markings beneath, excepting a faintly indicated line of dusky spots 

 upon the sides of the breast. From a specimen in my cabinet collected 

 at Columbus, Ohio, by Dr. J. M. Wheaton. This bird is very young, 

 scarcely large enough to fly. 



74. Cyanospiza cyanea. 



First plumage : female. Above dark reddish-brown, slightly tinged 

 with olive, a few of the feathers upon the interscapular region with very 

 obscure dusky central markings. Beneath pale reddish-brown, deepest 

 upon the abdominal and anal regions ; streaked distinctly on the sides 

 and across the breast with dusky brown. From a specimen in my cabi- 

 net collected at Cambridge, Mass., July 15, 1872. 



75. Pyrrhuloxia sinuata. 



First plumage : male. Above light ashy-brown, palest on crown and 

 nape. Two rather indistinct wing-bands of fulvous ashy. Crest similar 

 to that of adult, but of a lighter red ; bill much darker than in adult. 

 Breast and sides brownish-ash with a few scattered feathers of faint crim- 

 son on the median line of the breast and abdomen. From a specimen in 

 my collection obtained by Dr. H. B. Butcher on the Rio Grande in Texas, 

 August 29, 1866. This specimen was moulting, and had already acquired 

 many feathers of the fall dress. The red feathers of the crest and under 

 parts would probably be wanting in very young birds. 



76. Pipilo erythrophthalmus. 



First plumage : male. Above dull reddish-olive, the feathers of the 

 interscapular region with dusky brown centres. Greater wing-coverts 

 and outer edges of two inner tertiaries, deep fulvous. Beneath pale red- 

 dish-brown, deepest upon sides and crissum, shading into brownish-white 

 upon the abdomen, thickly spotted and streaked everywhere (excepting 

 on a small space upon the abdomen) with dull black. From a specimen 

 in my collection shot in Cambridge, Mass., June 21, 1874. In a large 

 series of young in first plumage much individual variation occurs. Some 

 specimens are thickly and finely streaked beneath with dull chestnut in 

 place of black, while the upper parts are dull rufous ; others, taken during 

 the progress of the first moult, exhibit nearly every conceivable variation 

 of marking in reddish-brown, chestnut, white, and black. 



