20 CANADA FLYCATCHER. 



are the tail-feathers, except the two middle, which are grey like the back. 

 The head mottled with brownish-black ; spots of the same colour, de- 

 scending in a line from the lower mandible to the upper part of the breast, 

 forming an interrupted gorgelet. A bright yellow line from the base of 

 the mandible over the eye. The lower parts of a fine bright yellow, ex- 

 cepting under the tail, where tliey are white. 



Length 5^ inches, extent of Avings 9 ; bill f ; tarsus f , toe about the 

 same length. 



Adult Female. PI. CIII. Fig. 2. 



The female has the grey of the upper parts more tinged with brown, 

 and the yeUow of the lower parts less briUiant ; but in other respects so 

 resembles the male as not to require any particular description. 



The Great Laurel. 



Rhododendhon maximum, Willd. Sp. PL voL iL p. 600. — Pursh. Flor. Amer. vol.i. 

 p. 297 Decandkia Monogyxia, Linn Rhododendra, Juss. 



This beautiful species frequently attains a height of 15 or even 20 feet. 

 It is characterised by its oblong, acute leaves, its terminal umbels or clus- 

 ters of pink campanulate flowers, the divisions of the calyces of which are 

 oval and obtuse. It exhibits several varieties depending on the shape of 

 the leaves, the colour of the flowers, and the comparative length of the 

 stamens and style. The wood, which is tough and stubborn, is well 

 adapted for turner's work. The species is found on all the moist decli- 

 vities of our mountainous districts, from Carolina to Massachusetts. 



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