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orbital region and eyelids, and breast, dark ashy, somewhat lighter on ramp. 

 Abdomen, anal region, and crissum pale sulphur-yellow, blotched somewhat 

 indistinctly anteriorly with ashy. Throat pale ashy, with a few yellow 

 feathers intermixed. From a specimen in my collection shot at Upton 

 Me., August 10, 1874. This bird was very young, indeed barely able to 

 fly. Several specimens a little further advanced show an increased 

 amount of yellow on the throat and abdomen, but are otherwise similar. 



33. Dendrceca discolor. 



First phmnage: male. Eemiges, rectrices, etc., as in adult. Wing- 

 bands very rich buff ; rest of upper parts, with sides of head, light cinna- 

 mon, becoming almost ashy on the forehead and rump, and tinged slightly 

 with yellowish-green on the back. Eyelids dirty white. Entire under 

 parts pale lemon-yellow, somewhat duller, and with a shade of ashy on 

 the breast and sides. From a specimen in my collection shot at Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., July 11, 1873. This bird has also two patches of bright 

 yellow on the breast. 



34. Perissoglossa tigrina. 



First plumage : female. Remiges, rectrices, and primary coverts as in 

 adult. Pileum, nape, rump, and upper tail-coverts dark slaty-brown, 

 the back with an indistinct patch of olive-green. Eyelids, throat, jugu- 

 lum, and sides of breast dark slate ; abdomen, anal region, and crissum 

 solid white, tinged with dull yellow. From a specimen in my collection 

 shot at Upton, Me., August 21, 1874. This bird exhibits a few irregular 

 patches and isolated feathers of dull yellow on the breast and throat, fore- 

 runners of the fall plumage. 



35. Siuri^s auricapillus. 



"First plumage. Remiges, rectrices, etc., as in the adult. Rest of 

 upper parts dull fulvous-brown ; the crown without stripes, all the feathers 

 very indistinctly darker centrally ; lower parts paler, more buffy, fulvous, 

 growing gradually white toward the crissum, the buffy portions (breast 

 and sides), with very fine indistinct streaks of dusky. From a specimen 

 in my collection obtained near Washington." — R. R. 



36. Opororxiis formosa. 



" First plumage. Remiges, rectrices, primary coverts, and alulse as in the 

 adult. Pileum and back dull raw-umber-brown, tinged with rusty on the 

 back and scapulars; throat, jugulum, breast, and sides pale grayish-fulvous, 

 the abdomen and crissum paler, and slightly tinged with yellow. No 

 markings of any sort about the head. My collection, Mt. Carmel, 111., 

 July27, 1875." — R. R. 



37. Icteria virens. 



" First plumage. Eemiges, rectrices, etc., as in the adult. Head, su- 

 periorly and laterally, uniform grayish-olive, with a barely appreciable 



