282 PAINTED FINCH. 



Bill dark brown above, light-blue beneath. Iris hazel. Feet light blue. 

 Head and upper neck pure azure, a circle of carmine round the eye. 

 Back and lesser wing-coverts yellowish-green. Lower back and under 

 parts deep carmine. QuiUs and tail purplish-brown ; secondary coverts 

 green. 



Length 5^, extent of wings 7^ ; biU along the ridge i, along the 

 gap ^ ; tarsus f , middle toe f . 



Male in the third year. Plate LIII. Fig. 2. 



Head and under parts as in the full-plumaged male. Back mottled 

 with yeUow and light green ; upper wing-coverts patched with green, 

 yellow and brown. 



Male in the second year. Plate LIII. Fig. 4. 



Bill and upper part of the head as in the adult. Upper parts gene- 

 rally olive-green ; under parts dull orange, paler behind. 



Male in the first year. Plate LIII. Fig. 3. 



Under mandible blue ; in other respects similar to the female. 



Adult Female. Plate LIII. Fig. 5. 



BiU brown. Feet light blue. Upper parts in general light olive 

 green ; under parts dull orange, paler behind. 



The Chickasaw Plum. 



Prunus CnicASA, Mich. Flor. Amer. vol. i. p. 284. Pursh, Flor. Amer. vol. i. '^ 332. 

 — IcosANDMA MoKOGYNiA, Linn. Rosacea, Juss. 



This species is distinguished by its oblongo-elliptical, acuminate, 

 serrulate leaves ; smooth spinescent branches ; flowers in pairs, with very 

 short pedicels, and glabrous calyces ; and its broadly oval fruits. It 

 flowers in April and May. 



