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darker than the adult female. It was moulting, and had acquired a few 

 feathers of the autumnal plumage. 



57. CfiryBomitris pinuB. 



First plumage: female. Strong mustard-yellojv, tinged on the upper 

 parts with brownish-olive, every feather, excepting those on the abdomen, 

 streaked with dark brown. Wing-bands and outer edging of secondaries 

 fulvous. From a specimen in my collection, shot at Upton, Me., Au- 

 gust 18, IS'ZS. The first plumage of this species is certainly most remark- 

 able. The yellow is by no means a mere wash or tinge of color, but pure, 

 strong, and uniformly distributed. In a series of five or six specimens 

 collected at about the same time, several exhibit a brownish cast, espe- 

 cially on the upper parts, while scarcely any two agree as to the relative 

 amount and color of the dusky streaks. In one example they are very 

 broad and almost black, in another, tear-shaped and of a dull brown. 



58. Chrysomitrls tristis. 



First plvmMge: male. Crown,- interscapular region, and rump light 

 reddish-brown, tinged with olive. Wing-bands and a broad edging upon 

 the secondaiies intense fawn-color. Forehfed and entire under parts 

 fulvous-yellow, most prominent on the sides. From a specimen in my 

 collection, shot at Upton, Me., August 29, 1873. 



g 59, Flectrophfuies ornatus. 



First plumage: female. Above light reddish-brown, every feather 

 streaked centrally with very dark brown, most heavily so upon the crown. 

 Greater and middle wing-coverts pale ashy, tinged with reddish. Lores 

 and superciliary stripes dull gray, the latter minutely dotted with brown. 

 Under parts pale fulvous, streaked somewhat finely with brown upon the 

 breast and jugulum, with a maxillary series of spots of the same color. 

 From a specimen in my cabinet, collected by Dr. Coues, September 3, 

 1873, at Souris River, Dakota. 



60. FasserculuB aavanna. 



First plumage: male. Above light brownish cream-color, streaked 

 thickly and finely on the top of the head and nape, more broadly on 

 the back, with dark brown. Beneath dull white, strongly tinged ante- 

 riorly with brownish-yellow, finely streaked everywhere excepting upon 

 the abdominal and anal regions with dull black. Wings paler than in 

 adult, with the greater and middle coverts tipped with fulvous. From 

 a specimen in my collection, shot at Upton, Maine, August 11, 1873. 



61. Coturniculus henslo-wi. 



First plumage. Top of head, neck, upper parts of back and rump, oliva- 

 ceous brown ; crown with a broad black-spotted stripe on each side. 



