Albinism an* Melanism in North 

 American Birds* Ruthven Deane. 



Representatives among the SylvicolidcB, I have seen in lim- 

 ited numbers for so large a family, tte example^ being P. Amer- 

 icana, a beautifully marked specimen among the collection of 

 the Smithsonian Institution. 



BuU. N.O.O. l,A.prU. 1876, p.2l 



Desoru^t-ions of First PI v: mage of Cer- 

 tain J\ortli Am. Bba. Wm.Brewater. 



21. Parula amerlcana. 



" First plumage : male. Eemiges, rectrices, etc., as in the adult. Pi- 

 leum, nape, rump, and tipper tail-coverts dull gray, tinged with olive 

 anteriorly and with blue posteriorly, the back with more or less of an 

 indistinct patch of olive-green ; throat and eyelids grayish- white, abdo- 

 men, anal region, and crissum pure white : jugulum and sides of breast 

 pale ash-gray. From two specimens obtained at Mt. Carmel, 111., July 

 17, 1871, Nos. 1457 and 1563, my collection. Both of these show a large 

 patch of bright gamboge-yellow on the breast, these feathers denoting the 

 commencement of the adult plumage. One of them also has the chin 

 and an indistinct supraloral line tinged with yellow." — R. K. 



BuU. N.O.O. 3, Jan., 1878, p, JiZ r 



