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Brewster’s Descriptions of the First Plumage 
Rest of upper parts, including wing-coverts and sides of head, light olive- 
brown. Lores dull black. Superciliary line, both eyelids, throat, jugulum 
abdominal and anal regions, with crissum, light buff. Breast and sides 
olive, tinged with buff. Spot on base of primaries dirtv-white. From two 
specimens, male and female, in my collection, shot with parents at Upton, 
Me., August 11, 1873. The male above described shows a few black 
feathers on one side of the throat. Several adult females in my collec- 
tion, taken both in spring and fall, lack the white wing-patch altogether. 
Others have it but faintly indicated. 
28. Dendrceca coronata. 
First plumage: female. Upper parts, in general, dull grayish-white, 
tinged with brownish, heavily streaked with slaty-black, the streaks 
broadest on the back and narrowest on the pileum ; rump soiled white, 
with well-defined streakings like the back. Lower parts pale lemon, 
tinged with brownish on the throat, narrowly but distinctly streaked with 
dull black over the entire surface. From a specimen in my collection, 
shot at Upton, Me., August 7, 1874. The first plumage of no other bird 
that I am acquainted with exhibits such a remarkable variation from the 
more mature stages. The specimen just described resembles closely, in 
general markings and coloration, the Pine Finch ( Chrysomitris pinus). 
As is well illustrated by a full suite of specimens in transitional stages, 
the yellow of the rump is acquired early in the first moult, which is very 
nearly completed, in most cases, before that of the crown appears. 
29. Dendroeca blackburnise. 
First plumage : male and female. Remiges, rectrices, etc., as in au- 
tumnal adult ; rest of upper parts uniform dark brown, each feather on 
the back edged with light buff ; the white scapular stripe poorly defined. 
Head markings precisely similar in pattern to the adults’, but with the 
orange everywhere replaced by white, slightly tinged with buff on pos- 
terior half of superciliary line. Throat and entire under parts, in the 
male, clear white, tinged with pale yellow, each feather (excepting on 
throat) spotted terminally with black. From two specimens in my col- 
lection taken at Upton, Me., August 5 and 6, 1874. One of these, the 
male, has a few orange feathers on the throat, indicating the coming fall 
plumage. 
“ Young in autumn. Above similar to the adult female in fall plumage, 
but more olivaceous ; all the markings less distinct. Superciliary stripe 
and entire lower parts, except the crissum, pale yellowish-buff, hardly 
brighter on the jugulum. Sides very faintly streaked with grayish. In 
my collection (No. 1003), Mt. Carmel, 111., August 15, 1870.” — R. R. 
30. Dendroeca castanea. 
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First plumage : female. Remiges, rectrices, primary coverts, and alulae 
as in adult. Pileum, nape, and rump dull brown ; back dull olive-green ; 
