Dendrolea coronata . 
Inscriptions of First Plumaffeof Cer- 
tuiu. North Am, Bbs. "Win. Brewster. 
28. Dendroeca coronata. 
First plumage: female. Upper parts, in general, dull grayish-white, 
tinged with brownish, heavily streaked with slaty-black, the streaks 
broadest on the hack and narrowest on the pileum ; rump soiled white, 
with well-defined streakings like the back. Lower parts pale lemon, 
tinged with brownish on the throat, narrowly but distinctly streaked with 
dull black over the entire surface. From a specimen in my collection, 
shot at Upton, Me., August 7, 1874. The first plumage of no other bird 
that I am acquainted with exhibits such a remarkable variation from the 
more mature stages. The specimen just described resembles closely, in 
general markings and coloration, the Pine Finch (Ghrysomitris pinus). 
As is well illustrated by a full suite of specimens in transitional stages, 
the yellow of the rump is acquired early in the first moult, which is very 
nearly completed, in most cases, before that of the crown appears. 
BuB. N. O.O, 3, April, 1878. p. 
