Plumasrs of some birds from upper 

 So. v^i'.rolina - Lever-ot: M.LiOCinic. 

 Dendroica caerulescens. — The black feathers of the throat 

 and chin are without white tips in a male obtained Oct. 2, 1888, 

 and the scapulars and interscapulars are distinctly spotted with 

 black, and unwashed with olive green. The whole appearance 

 of the specimen is that of a spring male in high feather. The 

 exterior edges of several of the outer primaries, near their ex- 

 tremities, are, also, whitish, constituting a rather distinct area 

 when the wing is closed. In another October example the 

 dorsal streaks are so heavy and numerous as to present the ap- 

 pearance of a black patch, nearly as conspicuous as the olive 

 green one in Compsothlypis aniericana. In still another, the 

 crown is thickly marked with black shaft lines. 



Ank X.April. 1893, p.154-6. 



Sequence of Plumages in the Black-throated Blue Warbler. In my 



paper on the Molting of Birds (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1896, 159) I 

 erroneously stated that the young males of Dendroica ccerulescens in the 

 first winter plumage were brown like the adult female. Attention was 

 called to this error by Mr. Wm. Palmer in reviewing my paper in 'The 

 Auk' (1896, p. 242). As I find, however, that many persons still regard 

 some of the brown fall birds as young males it may be well to call attention 

 to an interesting specimen in my collection, secured in Wyoming County, 

 Pennsylvania, July 14, 1900. This bird is molting from the juvenal to the 

 first winter plumage, the olive brown feathers of the earlier dress being seen 

 on the back, sides of the body and under the tail, while most of the remaining 

 feathers are of the black, blue and white plumage of the ' old male.' The 

 flight feathers are not shed at this molt. All the feathers of the throat are 

 frosted with white. This character as well as the olive edgings to the wing 

 feathers will serve to distinguish males of the year from old birds. — WlT- 

 MER Stone, Acadeii^v_c(f ])i^t^t^<^l^S(^ences,_^i^^delphia, Pa. 



