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brown, tinged with yellow. The upper parts are yellowish-green, spotted 

 with brownish-black. The head yellow. The quills and their coverts 

 brownish-black, margined with yellowish-green. The outer maro-in of 

 the inner secondary quills, and the ends of the secondary coverts and first 

 row of small coverts, white. Tail-feathers brownish-black, edged exter- 

 nally with yellowish-green ; the three outer on each side white, with the 

 shafts and a broadish line at the end black. A yellow band passes over 

 the eye; cheeks greenish; throat, fore neck, and breast, rich yellow, 

 which gradually fades posteriorly ; the sides streaked with blackish-brown. 

 Length 5^ inches, extent of wings 8^ ; bill along the back j%, along 

 the edge j'^g ; tarsus ^\. 



Adult Female. Plate CXXXIV. Fig. 2. 



The Female resembles the male, but is rather paler. 



The Dwarf Maple. 



Acer spicatum. 



This is a low shrubby tree, which does not attain a greater height at 

 most than fifteen or twenty feet. It abounds along the rocky margins of 

 creeks or rivers, especially those meandering at the bases of the Alleghany 

 Mountains. 



