Quiscalus quiscula aeneus. Descriptions of First Plumage of Certain 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. Bull. N. O. C. 3, Oct., 1878, p. 176.