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row, obtuse feathers. Short bristle-pointed feathers at the base of the 

 upper mandible. 



Bill bluish-black. Iris blackish-brown. Feet blue. Head and up- 

 per parts generally, of a fine rich blue, the back marked with longitu- 

 dinal streaks of blackish, and a narrow band of black from the forehead 

 passing along the lore to behind the eye. Tips of the two rows of larger 

 wing-coverts white, forming two conspicuous bands across the wing. 

 Quills black, externally margined with blue. Tail of the same colour, 

 each feather having a patch of white on the inner web, near the end, ex- 

 cepting the two middle ones ; all externally margined with blue. Under 

 parts white, as well as a streak over the eye, above which is a streak of 

 blackish. 



Length 4^ inches, extent of wings 8 ; bill along the ridge x%, along 

 the gap y*^ ; tarsus f , middle toe /g. 



Adult Female. Plate XLVIII. Fig. 2. 



The female differs from the male, chiefly in having the colours paler. 



The Bear-berry. 



Ilex Dahoon, Mich. Fl. Amer. voL ii. p. 228. Pursh. Fl. Amer. vol. i. p. 117- 

 — Teteandria Tetragynia, Linn. Rhamni, Juss. 



This species of Holly is distinguished by its elliptico-lanceolate leaves, 

 which are thick, leathery, shining, and reflected at the margin, and its 

 corymboso-paniculate, lateral and terminal peduncles. The berries are 

 globular and bright red. 



