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484 and fourth slightly cut out on the outer edge towards the end ; the secondaries long and rounded. Tail of ordinary length, shghtly emar- ginate.

Bill dusky brown above, light blue beneath. Iris dark brown. Feet umber. The general colour of the upper parts is brownish-oUve, the rump yellowish-green, the feathers of the crown brownish-black in the centre ; the forehead, a hne over the eye, the cheeks, the chin, the sides of the neck, the flexure of the wing, lower wing-coverts, and breast, yel- low ; the sides greenish-grey, the lower tail-coverts white. On the fore part of the neck is a large patch of black, enlarging beneath. Quills and tail wood-brown, narrowly margined with whitish ; a large white spot on the inner web of each of the tail-feathers excepting the two middle ones.

Length 4^^ inches, extent of wings 65 ; bill along the ridge ^, along the edge || ; tarsus f^g.

Adult Female. Plate CLXXXV. Fig. 2.

The female is considerably smaller than the male, and differs only in having the tints fainter, the forehead yellowish-green, and the fore neck dusky.

Length 3^ §.

GoaDONiA PUBESCENS, Willd. Sp- PL vol. iii. p. 841. Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. vol. ii. p, 451. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA, Linn. MalvaczjE, Juss.

This beautiful tree, which grows in Georgia, seldom attains a height of more than fifteen feet. Its leaves are obovato-lanceolate, deep green, downy beneath, and its large white flowers, with their numerous yellow anthers, have a very beautiful appearance.