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7. Sialia sialis. 
First 'plumage : female. Above dull smoky-brown, unmarked on head 
and rump, the latter slightly paler ; but marked over the interscapular 
region and wing-coverts by tear-shaped spots of white and pale fawn- 
color, these spots occupying the central portions of the feathers. Second- 
aries and tertiaries edged, and tipped with reddish-brown ; first primary 
and lateral pair of rectrices with the outer webs pure white ; inner 
primaries as in adult, but with the blue of a much lighter shade ; 
posterior margin of eye with a crescentic spot of soiled white. Under parts, 
with the exception of the abdominal region, which is nearly immaculate, 
pale ashy-white, each feather broadly margined with dull cinnamon- 
brown. From a specimen in my collection, shot at Cambridge, Mass., 
June 8, 1874. 
8. Regulus satrapa. 
First plumage : female. Pileum (including forehead) dark smoky- 
brown ; line over the eye entirely cut off at its anterior corner by the junc- 
tion of the dusky lores with the brown of the forehead ; tertiaries broadly 
tipped with white ; breast strongly washed with pale fawn-color ; other- 
wise like adult. From a specimen in my collection taken at Upton, 
Me., August 25, 1874. A young male taken August 25, 1873, is in 
every way similar. A good series of specimens of various ages shot 
during August and the early part of September illustrate well the 
transitional ^stages. First the brown of the pileum darkens into two 
black stripes, while the line over the eye broadens to meet its external 
margin. Next, two lines of yellow feathers appear inside and parallel 
with the black ones, while the orange of the central space (of the male) 
is produced last. 
9. Polioptila cserulea. 
First plumage : male (?). Rectrices as in the adult ; remiges paler, with 
a much broader and whiter edging on the tertials ; rest of upper parts 
pale mouse-color with a strong wash of light cinnamon. Entire under 
parts grayish-white or pale lead-color. In my collection, from Kanawha 
Co., West Va., June, 1872. 
10. Lophophanes bicolor. 
First plumage : male. Above dull ashy, frontal band scarcely darker ; 
sides deep salmon-color. Otherwise like adult. From specimens in my 
collection obtained by Mr. W. D. Scott at Coalburgh, West Va., July 20, 
1872. 
11. Pams atricapillus. 
First plumage: male. Back very dark slate without any tinge of 
brownish. Beneath salmon-color, faintest on breast, Most pronounced on 
sides and anal region. The black on throat and pileum scarcely less 
clear than in adult. From specimen in my collection shot at Concord, 
Mass., June 17, 1871. 
