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ral crevice through which to pass before reaching the nest. It is 

 composed mainly of very compact green moss, with a few hemlock 

 twigs interwoven, and is lined profusely with feathers of the Canada 

 Jay, Blue Jay, and other species, which arch over the eggs so as to al- 

 most conceal them. The average measurement of these eggs is .65 

 by .49 of an inch. The ground-color is pure white, and marked 

 with fine spots of reddish-bi-own and a few blotches of a darker 

 shade. In one specimen the markings are very small and faint, and 

 free from any blotches. This was undoubtedly a second brood, and 

 one egg was far advanced in incubation. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FIRST PLUMAGE IN VARIOUS 

 SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



BY WILLIAM BREWSTER. 



v.* 



99. Cinclus mexicanus. 

 First plumage. Above clear plumbeous-ashy, not darker on the head 

 or neck ; primaries and secondaries tipped with white ; greater wing-cov- 

 erts edged with pale rufous. Beneath pale whitish-fulvous, strongly tinged 

 with purplish brown on the crissum ; throat immaculate ; rest of under 

 parts transversely barred with obscure plumbeous. Bill and feet (in the 

 dried specimen) brownish-yellow. From a specimen in my cabinet taken 

 by Mr. C. A. Allen in Blue Canon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Cal., June 



10, 1878. 



100. Lophophanes inornatus. 



First plumage. Above similar to the adult, but with a decided brown- 

 ish tinge, especially on the interscapular region. Beneath dull ashy- 

 white, only slightly darker upon the crissum and across the breast. From 

 a specimen in my collection taken by Mr. C. A. Allen at Oakdale, Cal., 



June 17, 1878. 



101. Parus carolinensis. 



First plumage : female. Smiilar to the adult, but with the black of the 

 crown and throat less glossy, the back more strongly tinged with olive, 



* For parts I, II, III, and IV, see Volume III, pp. 15-23, 56-64, 115- 

 123, 175-182. Part V may be regarded as an appendix to the four that pre- 

 cede it. With the few species that still remained to be described are included 

 a number which have been received since the former papers were prepared, and 

 too late for insertion in their proper places. To avoid confusion, and for greater 

 convenience, the numbering of species is continued in the order in which thay 



