Descriptions of First Plumage of Cer- 
tain North Am, Bbs. Wm. Brevster. 
69. Spizella pusilla. 
First plumage : male. Above olivaceous-ashy, tbe feathers of the inter- 
scapular region with central streaks of dark brownish-chestnut. Crown, 
occiput, and nape unmarked. Entire under parts, including sides of head, 
light brownish-ashy, paler posteriorly. A broad band across the breast 
of fine, faint, but distinct spots of reddish-brown. From a specimen in my 
collection taken at Belmont, Mass., July 30, 1875. Young of this species 
in first plumage are readily separable from those of S. socialis by the plain 
crown and finer spottings of the under parts. 
Bull. N.O.O. 3, July. 1878. p, /*/. 
Albinism and Melanism in North 
American Birds* Ruthven Deane, 
Bull. N.O.O. 1, April, 1876, p.21 
A Field Sparrow ( Spizella pusilla ) was taken 
on Nov. 3 which sported a white tail. Red-bel- 
lied Nuthatches have been taken on Sep. 13, 
(p.+cp. xn. 
