Spirals pinus 
Descriptions of First Plumage of Cer¬ 
tain North Am, Bbs, ^Vxn. Brewster, 
57. Chrysomitris pinus. 
First plumage: female. Strong mustard-yellow, tinged on the upper 
parts with brownish-olive, every feather, excepting those on the abdomen, 
streaked with dark brown. Wing-hands and outer edging of secondaries 
fulvous. From a specimen in my collection, shot at Upton, Me., Au¬ 
gust 18, 1873. The first plumage of this species is certainly most remark¬ 
able. The yellow is by no means a mere wash or tinge of color, but pure, 
strong, and uniformly distributed. In a series of five or six specimens 
collected at about the same time, several exhibit a brownish cast, espe¬ 
cially on the upper parts, while scarcely any two agree as to the relative 
amount and color of the dusky streaks. In one example they are very 
broad and almost black, in another, tear-shaped and of a dull brown. 
Bull. N,O.O* 3, July, 1878. p, //7- 
