118 Brewster’s Descriptions of the First Plumage 
59. Plectrophanes ornatus. 
First 'plumage : female. Above light reddish-brown, every feather 
streaked centrally with very dark brown, most heavily so upon the crown. 
Greater and middle wing-coverts pale ashy, tinged with reddish. Lores 
and superciliary stripes dull gray, the latter minutely dotted with brown. 
Under parts pale fulvous, streaked somewhat finely with brown upon the 
breast and jugulum, with a maxillary series of spots of the same color. 
From a specimen in my cabinet, collected by Dr. Coues, September 3 ? 
1873, at Souris River, Dakota. 
60. Passerculus savanna. 
First plumage : male. Above light brownish cream-color, streaked 
thickly and finely on the top of the head and nape, more broadly on 
the back, with dark brown. Beneath dull white, strongly tinged ante- 
riorly with brownish-yellow, finely streaked everywhere excepting upon 
the abdominal and anal regions with dull black. Wings paler than in 
adult, with the greater and middle coverts tipped with fulvous. From 
a specimen in my collection, shot at Upton, Maine, August 11, 1873. 
61. Coturniculus henslowi. 
First plumage. Top of head, neck, upper parts of back and rump, oliva- 
ceous brown ; crown with a broad black-spotted stripe on each side. 
Feathers of interscapular region with heavy central spots of dull black. 
Beneath pure delicate straw-color, lightest on the abdomen, deepest, with 
a strong buffy tinge, on the throat, breast, and sides ; no spots or markings 
of any kind on the under parts. Outer edging o'f primaries and secondaries 
dull cinnamon ; wing-coverts buff. Lores and spot upon the auriculars 
dusky. Bill colored like that of the adult. From two specimens in my 
cabinet, collected at Concord, Mass., June 19, 1878. With the single ex- 
ception of Chrysomitris tristis , this is the only species of the Fringillidce , 
so far as I am aware, in. which the young in first plumage are entirely 
immaculate beneath. 
Autumnal plumage : young female. Bill black. Crown, cheeks, and su- 
perciliary line, anteriorly, reddish-buff. A narrow maxillary and inframax- 
illary stripe and a small spot behind the auriculars, black. Top of head 
with two broad stripes of dark brown upon the sides. Post-orbital space, 
neck, nape, and back anteriorly dull olive-green, the nape dotted finely with 
dusky. Tertiaries, upper tail-coverts, and feathers of interscapular region 
with broad, rounded, central spots of black, shading round their edges 
into dark chestnut, and tipped narrowly with ashy-white. Outer surface 
of wing similar to the adults, but paler. Under parts pale reddish-buff, 
fading into soiled wRite upon the abdomen. A broad continuous band 
of black spots across the breast, extending down the sides to the crissum. 
Throat flecked faintly but thickly with dusky. Chin, jugulum, and 
central abdominal and anal regions unspotted. From a specimen in 
