lb-2 TOWHE BUNTING. 



ordinary length, the tMrd and fourth quills longest, the first much shorter, 

 the secondaries short. Tail long, rounded, the lateral feathers slightly 

 curved outwards towards the tip. 



Bill black. Iris bright red. Legs and claws pale yeUo wish-brown. 

 Head, neck, and upper parts generally, deep black. A white band 

 across the primaries, partly concealed by their coverts ; outer edge of 

 first quill white ; margins of the last secondaries brownish-white. La- 

 teral tail-feathers white, excepting at the base, and a longitudinal streak 

 towards the tip, on the outer web ; the next two white on the inner web, 

 towards the end. Breast white, abdomen pale red ; sides and lateral 

 parts of the breast brownish-red. 



Length 8§ inches, extent of wings 12 ; beak along the ridge |, 

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



Adult Female. Plate XXIX. Fig. 2. 



The female is scarcely smaller, and differs from the male in having 

 the parts which in him are of a deep black, reddish-brown, excepting the 

 bill, which is almost entirely light blue, the ridge of the upper mandible 

 only being dark brown. 



Length 8\ inches. 



In the adult bird the iris is bright red, but in the young it is fre- 

 quently brown, and sometimes yellowish-white. In some instances, one 

 eye is brown and the other red. 



The Blackberry. 



RuBUS viLLOsus, Willd. Sp. PI. voL ii. p. 1085. Pursh, Fl. Amer. vol. i. p. 346 — 



ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA, Linn. HOSACE^, JuSS, 



Pubescent, prickly, with angular twigs ; the leaves ternate or qui- 

 nate, with ovato-oblong, serrate, acuminate leaflets, downy on both sides ; 

 the calycine leaves short, acuminate ; and a loose raceme of white flowers. 

 The berry is black. This species grows abundantly in old fields and by 

 fences. 



