210 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER. 



Length 4| inches, extent of wings 7f ; bill along the ridge /j, along 

 the edge ^; tarsus ^|. 



The Female resembles the male in colouring, but the bright orange 

 of the head and breast is replaced by yellow. 



Phlox macclata, Wild. Sp. PI. vol. i. p. 840. Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept. vol. i. 

 p. 149. — Pentandria Monogynia, Linn. Polemonia, Jms. 



Erect ; the stem rough, with purplish dots ; the leaves oblongo- 

 lanceolate, smooth, with the margin rough ; the flowers in an oblong crowd- 

 ed panicle, of a purplish-red tint, the segments of the corolla rounded ; 

 the calycine teeth acute and recurved. It grows abundantly in wet mea- 

 dows, from New England to CaroUna. The flowers, although pleasing 

 to the eye, have no scent. 



