Immature Dress of Melospiza palustris. — A young female of this 
species, taken at Canton, O., October 16, 1885, differs so much from the 
published descriptions of the species that it was referred to the father of 
young ornithologists, Dr. Coues. At his suggestion that the pecu- 
liarities of the young bird, though known to him, would be of interest, I 
make the following notes of its points of difference from the adult. 
Superciliary line pale but distinct lemon yellow; crown dark chestnut 
brown, only slightly darker on the forehead, where the black streaks 
become more numerous, without any of the bright chestnut of the adult; 
median line ashy, faintly tinged with yellowish; sides of the head and 
lower throat faintly tinged with yellowish brown, which color extends 
along the front half of the cervical collar; the black streaks on the back 
and the bay on the wings less prominent; inner tertiaries edged and tipped 
with bay; no whitish. 
Having only two specimens from which to draw comparisons, these 
points are noted with diffidence. The yellow superciliary line, however, 
being so distinct, and contrary to the usual description of the genus, 
seems to be worthy of the attention of ornithologists. — R. H. Bulley, 
Canton , O. 
[This is another case of ‘ Passerculus caboti’; see Bull. Nutt. Orn. 
club, Voh viii, 1883, p. 58.— E. C.j^uk, 3, April, 1886. p. £ 'JJ , 
