YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 21 



two behind, one of whicli is versatile, the sole flat ; claws slender, com- 

 pressed, arched. 



Plumage blended, slightly glossed. Wings long, the first quill short, 

 the third longest, the primaries tapering. Tail long, graduated, of ten 

 feathers, which are rather narrow and rovmded. 



Upper mandible brownish-black, yellow on the margin towards the 

 base ; under mandible yellow. Iris hazeL Feet greyish-blue. The ge- 

 neral colour of the upper parts, including the wing-coverts and two 

 middle tail-feathers, is light greenish-brown, deeper anteriorly. Primary 

 quills with the inner webs brownish-orange. Tail-feathers, excepting the 

 two middle ones, black, the next two entirely black, the rest broadly tip- 

 ped with white, the outermost white on the outer web. The under parts 

 are greyish-white. 



Length IS^ inches, extent of wings 16 ; bill along the ridge 1, along 

 the gap 1 1. 



Adult Female. Plate II. Fig. 2. 



The female differs very little from the male in colouring. 



The Papaw Tree. 



PoRCELiA TRILOBA, Pursh, Flor. Amer. vol. ii. p. 383. Anona triloba, Willd. Sp. 

 PI. vol. ii. p. 1267. Mich. Arbr. Forest, de I'Amer. Sept. voL iii. p. 162. PI. 9. 



; ^— PoLYANDRlA PoLYGTNIA, Linn. AnOKjE, Juss, 



Leaves obovato-cuneate, acuminate, smoothish ; outer petals orbicu- 

 late ; fruits oblong, large, and fleshy. The leaves are from six to ten 

 inches long ; the flowers of a rich dark purple. 



