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dull black. Beneath soiled white, thickly streaked everywhere, excepting 
upon the abdomen, with dull fylack. From a specimen in my collection 
obtained at Columbus, Ohio, by Dr. J. M. Wheaton. 
73. Euspiza americana. 
First plumage. Above pale fulvous, with broad markings of dark brown 
upon the feathers of the interscapular region, and narrower fainter ones 
of lighter brown upon the crown. Bend of wing, middle and greater cov- 
erts, fulvous. Under parts delicate fawn-color, deepest upon the breast. 
No markings beneath, excepting a faintly indicated line of dusky spots 
upon the sides of the breast. From a specimen in my cabinet collected 
at Columbus, Ohio, by Dr. J. M. Wheaton. This bird is very young, 
scarcely large enough to fly. 
74. Cyanospiza cyanea. 
First plumage : female. Above dark reddish-brown, slightly tinged 
with olive, a few of the feathers upon the interscapular region with very 
obscure dusky central markings. Beneath pale reddish-brown, deepest 
upon the abdominal and anal regions ; streaked distinctly on the sides 
and across the breast with dusky brown. From a specimen in my cabi- 
net collected at Cambridge, Mass., July 15, 1872. 
75. Pyrrhuloxia sinuata. 
First plumage : male. Above light ashy-brown, palest on crown and 
nape. Two rather indistinct wing-bands of fulvous ashy. Crest similar 
to that of adult, but of a lighter red ; bill much darker than in adult. 
Breast and sides brownish-ash with a few scattered feathers of faint crim- 
son on the median line of the breast and abdomen. From a specimen in 
my collection obtained by Dr. H. B. Butcher on the Rio Grande in Texas, 
August 29, 1866. This specimen was moulting, and had already acquired 
many feathers of the fall dress. The red feathers of the crest and under 
parts would probably be wanting in very young birds. 
76. Pipilo erythrophthalmus. 
First plumage : male. Above dull reddish-olive, the feathers of the 
interscapular region with dusky brown centres. Greater wing-coverts 
and outer edges of two inner tertiaries, deep fulvous. Beneath pale red- 
dish-brown, deepest upon sides and crissum, shading into brownish-white 
upon the abdomen, thickly spotted and streaked everywhere (excepting 
on a small space upon the abdomen) with dull black. From a specimen 
in my collection shot in Cambridge, Mass., June 21, 1874. In a large 
series of young in first plumage much individual variation occurs. Some 
specimens are thickly and finely streaked beneath with dull chestnut in 
place of black, while the upper parts are dull rufous ; others, taken during 
the progress of the first moult, exhibit nearly every conceivable variation 
of marking in reddish-brown, chestnut, white, and black. 
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