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150 Length 4^ inches, extent of wings 6| ; bill along the ridge ^'g' along the edge -^^ ; tarsus j%.

Adult Female. Plate CXXIV. Fig. 2.

The female has the colours in general somewhat paler, and is without the black patch on the head, it being substituted by ahght yellowish-grey colour.

Chelone glabra, Willd. Sp. PL vol. iii. p. 225. Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept. vol. ii. p. 427. DiDYNAMiA Angiospermia, Linn. ScrophulatiinjE, Juss.

This plant grows on the banks of rivers and swamps, in the Middle and Southern States. It is herbaceous and perennial, with opposite lan- ceolate-oblong, acuminate, serrate leaves, and dense terminal spikes of pale red flowers, not reinarkable for beauty.