Descriptions of First Plumage of Cor- 
tai* North Am. Bbs, Wm. Br^ster. 
97. Centurus carolinus. 
First plumage : female. Crown dull ashy, each feather tipped broadly 
with plumbeous ; nape with a narrow, inconspicuous collar of pale dull 
brick-red. Rest of upper parts marked as in the adult, with, however, a 
brownish tinge in the transverse white bands. Abdomen dull saffron ; rest 
of under parts brownish-ashy, nearly every feather in a broad band across 
the breast with a narrow, obscure shaft-streak * of purplish-brown. From 
a specimen in my collection obtained by Mr. W. D. Scott, at Coalburgh, 
W. Va., July 23, 1872. 
* Several Woodpeckers, unmarked beneath in maturer stages, show a tendency 
to spots or streaks upon the sides and breast when in first plumage. 
Bull. N.O.O. 3 , Oct., 1878. p, /£/, 
