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mixed on the forehead and cheeka. A dusky line through the lores. 

 Occiput and interscapular region purplish olive-brown ; nape a lighter 

 shade of the same color ; tail-coverts and rump dull yellowish-red ; wing- 

 bands and edging of secondaries light wood-brown ; entire under parts 

 reddish-brown, lightest on abdomen, most pronounced on breast and sides. 

 From a specimen in my collection shot at Upton, Me., August 27, 1874. 



Young birds in the second or autumnal plumage exhibit almost endless 

 variations of coloring. The males may be distinguished in most cases by 

 the coppery-red on the crown and rump ; but some females have the 

 ordinary brownish-yellow on those parts, strongly tinged with red. One 

 young male in my collection exhibits a broad pectoral band of light rose- 

 color mixed with reddish-yellow. • 



54. Carpodacus purpureus. 



First plumage : female. Above dark brown, shading to lighter on the 

 rump, each feather edged with light reddish-brown. The forehead and 

 supra-loral line streaked with grayish. Under parts dull white, thickly 

 streaked everywhere, except on crissum and anal region, with very dark 

 brown. From a specimen in my collection taken at Cambridge, July 9, 

 1873. Although this bird is in strictly first plumage, it differs scarcely 

 appreciably in coloring from autumnal specimens. 



55. Lozia leucoptera. 

 A male and female of this species, received from Mr. J. G. BicH, and 

 shot by him at Upton, Me., some time in April, differ widely in color- 

 ing from any specimens which I have previously examined. The male is 

 very brilliant carmine, nowhere streaked or obscured except on the sides, 

 abdomen, and forehead. The wings, tail, and scapulars are very clear 

 glossy-black ; the white wing-bands unusually broad and clearly defined. 

 The female is similarly marked, with pale orange replacing the carmine 

 of the male. The rump and breast exhibit large areas of the purest 

 orange, which, however, is scarcely less pronounced on the back and 

 crown, although there somewhat obscured by a dusky pencilling. Whether 

 these specimens represent some regular seasonal phase of plumage, or are 

 simply aberrant types, I am unable to decide. Both are apparently adult 

 birds. 



56. Lozda curvirostra ameiicana. 



First plumage : female. Upper surface generally brown, each feather 

 edged and tipped with dull gray. Interscapular region washed with 

 greenish-olive ; rump yellowish-white, with a greenish tinge ; a few only 

 of the feathers with darker centres. Beneath dull ash, lighter on the ab- 

 domen, washed with greenish across the breast, each feather with a central 

 streak of dark brown. From a specimen in my collection obtained at 

 Upton, Me., June 25, 1873. In general aspect this specimen is much 



