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and the sides of the body slightly washed with pinkish-salmon. Distin- 

 guishable from atricapillus of the same age by the deeper, more glossy black 

 of the crown and throat, by the absence of white margining on the second- 

 aries, and by the sharper defined and more convex posterior outline of the 

 black throat. From a specimen in my cabinet, collected at Mount Car- 

 mel, 111., May 8, 1878, This bird, though apparently fully feathered, was 

 taken from a brood of five young that had not left the nest. 



102. Helminthophaga celata lutescens. 

 Autumnal plumage : young. Above intense olive-green, brightest on 

 the rump, and obscured on the interscapular region by a washing of a 

 neutral tint. Beneath greenish-yellow, tinged with obscure olive on the 

 sides. No trace of rufous on the crown. From a specimen in my col- 

 lection taken by Mr. C. A. Allen at Nicasio, Cal., August 2, 1878. Mr. 

 Ridgway, in proposing the name obscura for a dark form of this species 

 from the Southern States, says (B. B. & R., Birds of N. Amer., Vol. I, 

 p. 202), that all the specimens before him from Georgia and Florida "lack 

 any trace whatever of orange on the crown." I think his specimens must 

 all have been females or immature birds, as an adult male before me, col- 

 lected at St. Mary's, Ga., April 7, 1877, has the crown patch of exception- 

 ally bright orange-rufous. 



103. Myiodioctes pusillus pileolatus. 



Autumnal plumage : young female (?). Similar to the adult, but with the 

 black pileum nearly obscured by a greenish-olive wash and the coloring 

 generally even more intense. From a specimen in my cabinet collected by 

 Mr. C. A. Allen at Nicasio, Cal., August 3, 1878. Another young bird 

 (Nicasio, Cal., August 1, 1876), which apparently still retains portions 

 of the first plumage, has the entire under parts pale yellow. 



104. Pooecetes gramineus. 



First plumage : male. Above reddish-brown, the feathers everywhere 

 streaked with dark brown. Upon the nape and the anterior portion of 

 the back much whitish mottling appears, for the most part upon the mar- 

 gins of the feathers. Shoulder and wing anteriorly, nearly as in the adult. 

 Secondaries and all the rectrices except the outer pair (which are marked 

 with white like the adults), bright reddish-brown. Beneath ashy-white, 

 slightly tinged with brownish-yellow. Tliroat, breast, and sides thickly 

 and broadly streaked with broAvuish-black. Upon the sides of the chin 

 and throat these streaks are run together, forming a short but continuous 

 stripe. From a specimen in my collection obtained by Mr. N. C. Brown 

 at Portland, Me., July 26, 1877. 



105. Peucsea ruficeps. 



First plumage. Above pale brown-olive streaked with dull reddish- 

 brown, most thickly on the crown. Feathers of the interscapular region 



