Ouiscalus quiscula aeneus. 
Dsscriptions of First Plumage of Cer¬ 
tain North Am, Bbs. Wm. Brewster. 
81 . Quiscalus purpureus. 
First plumage: male. Uniform dark plumbeous, darker above, lighter 
and with a faint brownish edging on the feathers beneath. Sides of 
throat and a large space around the eyes completely bare of feathers. 
From a specimen in my collection obtained at Upton, Me., June 22, 1873. 
Both wing and tail feathers are replaced during the first moult. 
0UU.N.O.O. 3, Oct., 1878, p, /76 . 
