•ascriptions of First Plumage of Cer- 
tain North Ai a, Bbs. ffm. Brewster. 
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84. Contopus borealis. 
First plumage : male. Above olivaceous-plumbeous, darkest upon tbe 
crown ; wing-bands ferruginous ; secondaries edged with pale fulvous. 
Sides of throat, breast, and body dark plumbeous, with a brownish tinge ; 
central line from base of bill to crissum — partly interrupted upon the 
breast by the encroachment of the darker color of the sides strong 
creamy-buff. Lower mandible black, with a limited area of brownish- 
orange at the base. Prom a specimen in my collection shot at Rye 
Beach, N. H., July 24, 1872. Autumnal specimens in my collection 
have the lower mandible black, the under parts much more strongly 
tinged with yellow than the adult, and the wing-coverts faintly tipped 
with ferruginous. 
Pua N.O.O. 3. Oct., 1878, p. / n . 
