254 RUBY-THROATED HUMMING BIRD. 



tip, the first quill longest. Tail forked when closed, when spread even 

 in the middle and laterally rounded, of ten broad feathers, the outer cur- 

 ved inwards. 



Bill and feet black. Iris of the same colour. Upper parts generally, 

 including the two middle tail-feathers, green, with gold reflections. Quills 

 and tail purplish-brown. Throat, sides of the head, and fore neck, car- 

 mine-purple, spotted with black, varying to crimson, orange, and deep 

 black. Sides of the same colour as the back ; the rest of the under pai-ts 

 greyish-white, mixed with green. 



Length 85 inches, extent of wings 4^ ; bill along the ridge f , along 

 the gap § ; tarsus ^, toe ^. 



Adult Female. Plate XLVII. Fig. 2, 2, 2. 



The female differs from the male in wanting the brilUant patch on the 

 throat, which is white, as are the under parts generally, and in haying the 

 three lateral tail-feathers tipped Avith the same colour. 



Dimensions the same. 



Young Bird. Plate XLVII. Fig. 3, 3. 



The young birds have the under parts brownish- white, the tail tipped 

 with white, and are somewhat lighter in their upper parts. In autumn 

 the young males begin to acquire the red feathers of the throat. 



The Trumpet-flower. 



BiGNONiA RADiCANS, Wild. Sp. PI. vol. iii. p. 301. Pursh, Flor. Amer. vol. ii. 

 p. 420.— DiDYNAMiA Angiosfermia, Linn. Bignoni^, Jms. 



This splendid species of Bignonia, which grows in woods and on the 

 banks of rivers in all the Middle and Southern States, climbing on trees 

 and bushes, is distinguished by its pinnate leaves, v/ith ovate, widely ser- 

 rate, acuminate leaflets, and large scarlet flowers, of which the funnel- 

 shaped tube of the corolla is thrice the length of the calyx. The pods are 

 of a brown colour, from four to seven inches long, and contain a double 

 row of kidney-shaped light brown seeds. 



