CUVIERS Rl^GULUS. 289 



Bill short, straight, subulate, very slender, compressed, with inflected 

 edges ; upper mandible nearly straight in its dorsal outline, the edges 

 slightly notched close upon the slightly declinate acute tip ; lower man- 

 dible straight, acute. Nostrils basal, elliptical, half closed above by a 

 membrane, covered over by the feathers. The whole form slender. Legs 

 rather long ; tarsus slender, much compressed, longer than the middle 

 toe, covered anteriorly with a few indistinct scutella ; toes scutellate, the; 

 lateral ones nearly equal and free ; hind toe stouter ; claws weak, com- 

 pressed, arched, acute. I 



Plumage very loose and tufty Bristles at the base of the bill ; a-, 

 small decomposed feather covering the nostril. Wings of ordinary length, 

 the third and fourth primaries longest. Tail of twelve feathers, emarginate. 



Bill black. Iris hazel. Feet yellowish-brown. The general colour 

 of the upper parts is dull greyish-olive. Forehead, lore, and a line be-; 

 hind the eye, black. A semilunar band of the same on the top of the 

 head, the middle space vermihon. Wings and tail dusky, edged witl\ 

 greenish-yellow. Secondary coverts tipped with greyish-white. Under 

 parts greyish-white. 



Length 4^ inches, extent of wings 6 ; bill along the ridge nearly |:, 

 along the gap nearly | ; tarsus f . 



The Broad-leaved Kalmia, or Laurel. 



Kalmia LATiFOLiA, WiUcl. Sp. PL vol. ii. p. 600. Pursh, Fl. Amer. vol. i. p. 296. — 

 Decandria Monogynia, Liitn. Rhododendra, Juss. 



This beautiful species is characterized by its scattered, petiolate, el- 

 liptical leaves, which are smooth, and nearly of the same colour on both 

 sides ; and its terminal, viscid, and pubescent corymbs. It is a middle- 

 sized shrub, sometimes attaining a height of eight or ten feet. The leaves 

 .are evergreen, as in the other species, and the flowers pf a delicate pink. 



