A DESCRIPTION OF UNUSUALLY DEVELOPED INDIVID- 
UALS OF THREE SPECIES, AND REMARKS ON UNCOM- 
MON PLUMAGES IN SEVERAL OTHERS, TAKEN NEAR 
WEST POINT, N. Y. 
BY EDGAR A. MEARNS. 
1. Geothlypis Philadelphia, (Wilson) Baird. Mourning Warbler. 
— A specimen of this species (No. 1000 (J, May 26, 1876, E. A. M.) is re- 
markable for its high development. All of its markings are unusually 
bright ; the chin, throat, and forepart of breast almost solid black ; the 
feathers of the chin and upper part of the throat only exhibiting the 
faintest margins of ash. Professor Baird * has remarked : “ It is quite 
possible that in the full-plumaged male the entire throat may be black, as 
there is a tendency to this in some specimens.” 
* Birds of N. Am., by Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence (Vol. IX of Pacific Rail- 
road Reports), p. 244, 1858. 
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