BAY-BREASTED WARBLER. 359 



Bill blackish above, greyish-blue beneath. Iris hazel. Feet greyish- 

 blue, upper part of the head, the fore-neck, anterior part of the breast, 

 and the sides, bright chestnut. Forehead and cheeks, including a small 

 space over the eye, deep black, behind which is a transverse broad band 

 of yellowish-white on the sides of the neck. Back and lesser wing- 

 coverts yellowish-grey, spotted with blackish-brown. Larger coverts, 

 quills and tail, blackish-brown, edged with light bhiish-grey. Middle 

 of the breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts, white, tinged with reddish. 

 Length 5^ inches, extent of wings 11 ; bill along the ridge nearly -/jj 

 along the gap /^ > tarsus ^, middle toe |. 



Adult Female. Plate LXIX. Fig. 2. 



The female is somewhat less. The colours are similar to those of the 

 male, and have the same distribution, but are much fainter, especially 

 the chestnut of the head and under parts, which are converted into light 

 brownish-red. 



The Highland Cotton-plant. 



GossiPiuM HERBACEU31, Linii. Sjst. Nat. vol. ii. p. 4C2 Monadelphia Polyan- 



ORiA, Linn. MalvacEjE, Juss. 



This species, commonly known in America, where it is cultivated, 

 under the name of Highland Cotton, is distinguished by its five-lobed 

 leaves and herbaceous stem. 



