48 SELBY'S FLY-CATCHER. 



eluding the tail-coverts, and a broad line over the eyes, rich yellow. The 

 three external feathers of the tail marked internally with white, the first 

 more so than the second, and the third less than the latter. Shafts of 

 the quills and tail-feathers aeep brownish-black. Basirostral bristles 



black. 



Length 5| inches, extent of wings 7| ; bill along the ridge 3^, along 

 the gap f|; tarsus 1, middle toe |. 



The female, as has been said, is nearly similar, the distribution of the 

 colours being the same. 



Flos-Adonis. 



Adonis autumnalis, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 771. Wild. Sp. PI. vol. ii. p. 1304. Smith. 

 Engl. Fl. vol. iii. p. 43. — Polyandeia Pentagynia, Limu Ranunculace^e, 

 Juss. 



This plant, vulgarly named Pheasant's-eye, grows in Europe in corn- 

 fields. It has an erect, branched stem, with copiously pinnatifid, alter- 

 nate, sessile, dark green leaves, the segments of which are linear and 

 acute, and deep crimson flowers, having a black spot near the claw of 

 each of the petals, which vary from six to ten. 



