MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT. 123 



brownish-yellow, fading into white on the abdomen and under tail-coverts. 

 Upper parts dull greyish-olive, on the head tinged with red. Inner webs 

 of the quills deep brown. 



Length 5\ inches, extent of wings 6g ; bill along the ridge ^-^ ; along 

 the gap § ; tarsus ^k ? 



Adult Female. Plate XXIII. Fig. 2. 



The female has the upper parts lighter, the under parts tinged with 

 reddish-brown, and wants the two bands on the head, which is of a pale 

 brownish red colour. 



The Snow-deop Tree, Silver-bell Tree, or Wild Olive. 



Halesia tetraptera, Willd. Sp. PI. vol. ii. p. 849. Pursh, Flor. Ainer. vol. ii. 

 p. 448. — Monadelphia Decandria, Linn. GuaiacaVjE, Juss. 



Leaves ovate, acuminate, serrate ; flowers with twelve stamina ; the 

 fruit rhomboidal. It grows in shady woods, generally near rivers. 



The Bitter- wood Tree. 



Viburnum prunifolium, Wild. Sp. PI. vol, i. p. 1847. Pursh, Flor. Amer. vol. i. 

 p. 201 Pentandria Dycynia, Linn. Caprtfolia, Juss. 



Glabrous ; the branches spreading ; the leaves roundish ; crenato-ser- 

 rate ; the petioles smooth ; the cymes sessile ; the fruit round. The 

 flowers are white, the berries dark purplish-blue. 



