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wing coverts, but not the remiges nor rectrices, young birds and 

 adults becoming practically indistinguishable. 



Above, deep plumbeous gray, the pileum Prout's brown, the concealed nuchal spot 

 clear white. Below, rich deep pinkish buft", white on chin and sides of head 

 and neck and plumbeous gray on the flanks. Line through eye and auriculars 

 deep Mars-brown. 



4. First Nuptial Plumage acquired by wear. The pinkish 

 tint below is lost and the top of the head becomes curiously 

 mottled, the brown remaining dark where protected by the 

 overlapping feathers but fading to a dull white at the tips which 

 become much abraded. The wear is far greater on the crown 

 than in the black-headed species. 



5. Adult Winter Plumage acquired by a complete post- 

 nuptial moult, beginning in Florida by the end of June. Young 

 and adults are scarcely distinguishable, adults averaging deeper 

 in color especially the wing edgings. 



6. Adult Nuptial Plumage acquired by wear, as in the 

 young bird. 



Female. — The sexes are practically indistinguishable in all 

 plumages, and the moults are the same. 



Parus bicolor Linn. Tufted Titmouse 



1. Natal Down. No specimen seen. 



2. Juvenal Plumage acquired by a complete postnatal moult. 



Above, brownish mouse gray. Wings and tail slightly darker, obscurely edged with 

 olive-gray, greenish tinged on the secondaries and tertiaries, brownish on the 

 coverts. Below, dull grayish wliite, faintly tinged with pinkish buff, deepest on 

 the flanks. Forehead merely dusky and crest insignificant. Bill and feet 

 dusky pinkish buft becoming black when older. 



3. FiR.ST Winter Plumage acquired by a partial postjuvenal 

 moult, late in August, which involves the body plumage and 

 wing coverts, but not the rest of the wings nor the tail, young 

 and old becoming practically indistinguishable. 



Similar to previous plumage, but dull cinereous gray above, deepest on the crown, 

 and grayer below, the sides and flanks deep russet or Mars-brown. The lores 

 and postocular region decidedly white, with black forehead and a distinct crest. 



4. First Nuptial Plumage acquired by wear which shows 

 chiefly in the fading of the flanks. 



