Geothlypis t.brachidactyla. 
Descriptions of First Plumage of Cer¬ 
tain North Am, Bbs. Wm. Brewster. 
V 
41. Geothlypis trichas. 
First plumage: male. Remiges, rectrices, etc., as in adult. Wing- 
coverts continuously light brown. Rest of upper parts, including sides of 
head, brown, lightest on rump, and slightly tinged with olive on the back. 
Throat yellowish-olive, deepening to dark clear olive on jugulum, breast, 
sides, and anal region. Abdomen dull yellow, with its lateral margins 
bounded by bands of fulvous-brown. From specimen in my collection 
shot at Upton, Me., August 26, 1874. Two other specimens, taken respec¬ 
tively July 28 and August 10, present no appreciable difference from the 
birds first described. 
Bull, N.O.O, 3, April, 1878, p, fo £ , 
