BLACK AND YELLOW WARBLER. 261 



posterior part of the breast and sides spotted with black. Length 5 

 inches, extent of wings 7^. 



The White Oak. 



QuERCUS PRiNus, Willd.] Sp. PI. vol. iv. p. 439. Pursh, Fl. Amer. vol. ii. p. 633 — 

 QuERCus PRINUS PALUSTRis, Mich. Arhi. Forest, de TAmer. Sept. vol. ii. p. 51. 

 PL 7- — MONCECIA POLYANDRIA, Linti, Amentace^, Juss. 



Leaves oblongo-oval, acute, largely toothed, the teeth nearly equal, 

 dilated, and callous at the tip ; cupule craterate, attenuated at the base ; 

 acorn ovate. This species grows in low shady woods, and along the 

 margins of rivers, from Pennsylvania to Florida. The wood is porous, 

 and of inferior quality. 



