150 



GREEN BLACK-CAPPED FLYCATCHER. 



Length 4^ inches, extent of wings 6| ; bill along the ridge ^'g' along 

 the edge -^^ ; tarsus j%. 



Adult Female. Plate CXXIV. Fig. 2. 



The female has the colours in general somewhat paler, and is without 

 the black patch on the head, it being substituted by ahght yellowish-grey 

 colour. 



The Snake's Head. 



Chelone glabra, Willd. Sp. PL vol. iii. p. 225. Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept. vol. ii. 

 p. 427. DiDYNAMiA Angiospermia, Linn. ScrophulatiinjE, Juss. 



This plant grows on the banks of rivers and swamps, in the Middle 

 and Southern States. It is herbaceous and perennial, with opposite lan- 

 ceolate-oblong, acuminate, serrate leaves, and dense terminal spikes of 

 pale red flowers, not reinarkable for beauty. 



