Und«3cribed First Plumages, Brewster 
104. Pocecetes gramineus. 
First plumage : male. Above reddish-brown, the feathers everywhere 
streaked with dark brown. Upon the nape and the anterior portion of 
the back much -whitish mottling appears, for the most part upon the mar- 
gins of the feathers. Shoulder and wing anteriorly, nearly as in the adult. 
Secondaries and all the rectrices except the outer pair (which are marked 
with white like the adults), bright reddish-brown. Beneath ashy-white, 
slightly tinged with brownish-yellow. Throat, breast, and sides thickly 
and broadly streaked with brownish-black. Upon the sides of the chin 
and throat these streaks are run together, forming a short but continuous 
stripe. Prom a specimen in my collection obtained by Mr. N. C. Brown 
at Portland, Me., July 26, 1877. 
Ball, N.O.C. 4, Jan. , 1870, p. V0 
Albinism and Melanism in North 
American Birds, Ruthven D^ane. 
Bull N.e.O. 1, April, 1876, p,2l 
Albinietic Plumages. R. Deane. 
