Euphagus c aroli nus. 
Descriptions of First Plumage of Cer- 
tsict North Am, Bbs. Wm. Brewster. 
80. Scolecophagus ferrugineus. 
Several young birds of both sexes shot at Upton, Me., August 5, 1873, 
have apparently nearly completed the first moult; but one, a male, has 
the head still covered with the feathers of the first plumage, which are of 
a uniform plumbeous color. All are moulting the wing and tail feathers. 
In each specimen a worn central pair of rectrices projects about three 
inches beyond the others, which are of a uniform length, and evidently 
just sprouting. Other individuals seen at the same time were conspicu¬ 
ously characterized in the same way, all presenting, when flying, the ap¬ 
pearance of birds with long forked tails, the elongated central feathers 
being slightly spread apart. 
Bull. N,0.0. 3, Oct., 1878, p. / 7^ . 
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