96 WOOD PEWEE. 



MusciCAPA viHENS, Liim. Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 327- Ch. Bonaparte, Synops. of Birds 



of the United States, p. C8. 

 Wood Pewee, Muscicapa rapax, Wils. Amer. Omith. voL ii. p. 81. pi. 13, fig. 5. 



Kutlall, Manual, p. 285. 



Adult Male. Plate CXV. 



Bill of ordinary length, straight, depressed at the base ; upper man- 

 dible with the sides somewhat convex, the edges sharp, the tip slightly 

 declinate, and having a small notch on each side ; nostrils small, rounded, 

 nearly concealed. The head is rather large, but the whole form is light. 

 Feet of ordinary length ; tarsus slender, compressed, anteriorly scutellate, 

 acute behind ; toes free, small, the two side ones about equal ; claws slen- 

 der, shghtly arched, compressed, acute. 



Plumage soft, blended, tufty ; the feathers of the head capable of be- 

 ing raised into a longish tuft or crest ; basirostral bristles distinct ; wings 

 of ordinary length ; the second quill longest, first shorter than third, and 

 longer than sixth ; tail rather long, distinctly emarginate, or forked, of 

 twelve broad, obliquely pointed feathers. 



Bill dusky above, pale yellowish-brown beneath. Iris brown. Feet 

 light brown. The general colour of the upper parts is brownish-olive ; the 

 upper part of the head much darker, inclining to brownish-black ; a pale 

 greyish ring encircles the eye ; two narrow bands of the same colour cross 

 the wing, one formed by the tips of the lesser coverts, the other by those 

 of the greater secondary coverts ; the secondary quills are margined ex- 

 ternally with paler ; the throat and breast are ash-grey, tinged with 

 green, the rest of the lower parts pale greenish yellow. 



Length 6^ inches, extent of wings 11 ; bill along the ridge j'^g, 

 along the edge f ; tarsus ^'g. 



The Swamp Honeysuckle. 



Azalea viscosa, Willd. Sp. PL voL i. p. 831. Pursh, Flon Amer. Sept. vol. L p. 153. 

 Pentanduia MoNOGYJfiA, lAnn. Rhododendra, Juss. 



The leaves of this species of Azalea are oblongo-obovate, acute, smooth 

 on both sides ; the flowers white, sweet-scented, with a very short calyx. 

 It grows abundantly in almost every district of the United States, in such 

 localities as are suited to it, namely, low damp meadows, swamps, and 

 shady woods. 



