380 INDIGO BIRD. 



Adult Female. Plate LXXIV. Fig. 4. 



Bill light brown, tinged with blue. Iris hazel. Feet yellowish- 

 brown. The general colour is light yellowish-brown, the under parts 

 and the sides of the head lighter ; the wings deep brown, margined with 

 lighter. The female is also considerably smaller. 



The Wild Sarsaparilla. 



ScuisANDRA cocciNEA, Mich. Flor. Amer. vol. ii. p. 218. Pursh, Flor. Amer. vol i. 

 p. 212. — Pentandria Polygynia, Linn. 



A climbing shrubby plant, distinguished by its carmine-coloured 

 flowers, consisting of nine sepals ; its numerous, one-seeded berries, and 

 elhptico-lanceolate leaves, acute at both ends, and supported upon a long 

 petiole. 



