Dryobates pubescens medianus. Descriptions of First Plumage of Certain North Am. Bbs. Wm.Brewster. 94. Picus pubescens. First plumage: male. Forehead and nape thickly spotted with white. Crown deep scarlet; no red on nape; rest of upper parts marked as in the adult, but the black duller. Beneath ashý-white, thickly streaked on the sides of the breast and body with dusky; on the sides of the abdomen these dusky markings assume the character of broad though poorly defined transverse bars. From a specimen in my cabinet collected at Upton, Me., August 14, 1874. Several other young males show a considerable amount of variation in the character and extent of the dusky markings beneath. In one or two the streaks are nearly continuous across the breast and abdo- men. A very young male (Upton, August 1, 1874) has the forehead and nape dull, unspotted black, and a decided greenish-yellow tinge to the white both above and below. First plumage: female. Forehead slightly spotted with white; crown- patch scarlet, exactly as in the male. Nape unspotted. Beneath brownish- white, barred obscurely upon the flanks and spotted continuously across the breast with dusky. From a specimen in my collection obtained by Mr. W. D. Scott, at Coalburgh, W. Va., July 25, 1872. Another speci- men before me (Upton, Me., August 13, 1874) has the forehead and occi- put, with a narrow median line connecting them, thickly spotted with white, but no scarlet. Still a third, in the collection of Mr. C. J. May- nard, has the crown irregularly patched with scarlet feathers. The sex of all these specimens was determined by the most careful dissection. Bull. N.O.C. 3, Oct., 1878, p. 179-180. measurements. megiancus crinitus W. t leg. calcar metacal 3256 ♂ Upton Me. June 1/76 4.21 3.93 .85 .65 3255 ♂ " " - 4./72 4.12 3.94 .83 .62