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Geothlypis t.brachidactyla.
Descriptions of First Plumage of Cer-
tain North Am, Bbs. Wm.Brewster.
41. Geothlypis trichas.
First plumage: male. Remiges, rectrices, etc., as in adult. Wing-
coverts continuously light brown. Rest of upper parts, including sides of
head, brown, lightest on rump, and slightly tinged with olive on the back.
Throat yellowish-olive, deepening to dark clear olive on jugulum, breast,
sides, and anal region. Abdomen dull yellow, with its lateral margins
bounded by bands of fulvous-brown. From specimen in my collection
shot at Upton, Me., August 26, 1874. Two other specimens, taken respec-
tively July 28 and August 10, present no appreciable difference from the
birds first described.
Bull. N.O.C, 3, April, 1878. p. 62.