NASHVILLE WARBLER. 451 



Adult Male. Plate LXXXIX. Fig. 1. 



Plumage soft, blended, tufty. Wings short, curved, the first and 

 second quiUs longest. Tail short, forked, of twelve rounded feathers. 



Bill greenish-brown. Iris dark brown. Feet yellowish-green. Head 

 and cheeks brownish-grey, the upper part of the head dark red. A cir- 

 cle of white round the eye. The general colour of the upper parts is 

 brownish-green, of the under greenish-yellow, brighter on the throat and 

 breast. Inner webs of the wing and tail-feathers dusky, the outer 

 brownish-green, and of the primaries bright yeUow. 



Length 4| inches, extent of wings 7 ; bill along the ridge ^, along 

 the gap ^ ; tarsus f . 



Adult Female. Plate LXXXIX. Fig. 2. 



The female is much duller ; the head and hind-neck dark brownish- 

 grey, tinged with green, the former without the red patch, the under 

 parts more mixed with grey, the sides olivaceous, and the yellow of the 

 wings less pure. 



The Swamp Spice. 



Ilex privoides, Wild. Sp. PI. voL L p. 709. Pursh, Flor. Amer, vol. 1, p. 118.—. 

 Tetrandria Tetragynia, Linn. Rhamni, Jziss. 



Leaves lanceolate, attenuated at the base, slightly serrated ; pedun- 

 cles one-flowered. The leaves of this species are deciduous, the berries 

 bright red. 



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