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104. PocBcetes 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. Throat, breast, and sides thickly 

 and broadly streaked with brownish-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. Feucsea tttficeps. 



First plumage. Above pkle brown-olive streaked with dull teddish- 

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

 with dark brown centres. Wing-bands pale fulvous. Secondaries edged 

 externally with reddish-broWn. Beneath pale brownish-yellow, thickly 

 but finely streaked upon the breast and sides with dark reddish-brown. 

 Superciliary lines and sides of neck bright greenish-olive. Auriculars 

 dusky. Chin stripes dark brown. From a specimen (sex not ascertained) 

 in my cabinet collected by C. A. Allen at Nicasio, Cal., July 11, 1878. 

 Two others in first plumage collected at the same time and place are essen- 

 tially similar. 



106. Euspiza americana. 



Autumnal plumage: young. Crown, shoulder, and rump, with sides 



of head and neck, light olive-brown, the centres of the feathers slightly 



darker; a little concealed chestnut on the shoulders. Feathers of the 



interscapular region with dull black centres and brownish-fulvous edges. 



Wing-bands, With outer margins of Wing-coverts and secondaries, dull 



brownish'-fhlvous. Superciliary line brownish-yellow, fading anteriorly 



to brownish-white. Throat, central area of the abdomen, and the crissum, 



pale brownish-white. Sides of breast and body brownish-olive. With dark 



brown streaking on the flanks. Breast dull reddish-orange, streaked with 



dark brown, and washed with obscure ashy-white. From a speGimen in 



the collection of Dr. J. M. Wheaton obtained at Circleville, O., August, 



1878. 



107. Goniaphea melanocephala. 



First plumage: male(?). Generally similar to the adult female, but 

 with the cinnamon of the under parts stronger ; the sides of the throat 

 and body, with the breast, profusely spotted with dull black. Crown black, 

 with median stripe of brownish-yellow. Eest of upper parts brownish- 

 cinnamon, each feather centrally blotched with dull black. Wing-bands 

 and tips of secondaries yellowish or brownish-white. Superciliary line, 

 chin, and sides of the throat ashy- white. Throat, jugulum, and breast. 



