©•soriptions of First Plumage of Cer- 

 tain Nortli Am. Bbs. Wm. Brewster. 



" 23. Helmitherus vermivorus. 



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

 the adult. Rest of the plumage, including the whole back, lesser, mid- 

 die, and greater wing-ooverts, buff, deeper below, more brownish on the 

 back and base of the wing-coverts. Pileum with two badly defined stripes 

 of grayish-brown, and a narrow streak of the same behind the eye. From 

 a specimen in Mr. Henshaw's collection obtained near Washington in July, 

 1876."- R. R. j5uu^ N.O.O, 3, Jan., 1878. p. ^ J . 



