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scutella, sharp behind ; toes scutellate above, free ; claws slender, com- 

 pressed, acute, arched. 



Plumage soft and blended. Wings of ordinary length, the second 

 and third quills almost equal, the third longest. Tail short, slightly emar- 

 ginate, of twelve pointed feathers. 



Bill dusky above, flesh-coloured beneath. Iris brown. Feet very 

 light flesh-coloured and transparent. The general colour of the plumage 

 above is greenish-brown, the crown brownish-orange, with two lateral 

 lines of brownish-black spots. The lower parts are white, the throat with 

 two lateral lines of brownish-black, and the lower neck, fore part of the 

 breast, and the sides marked with triangular spots of the same. 



Length 6 inches, extent of wings 9 ; bill along the ridge ||, along 

 the edge ]| ; tarsus f |. 



Adult Female. Plate CXLIII. Fig. 2. 



The female resembles the male, but is somewhat lighter, with the 

 crown paler. The dimensions are nearly the same. 



The Woody Nightshade. 



SoLANUM Dulcamara, Willd. Sp. PI. vol. i. p. 1027. Pursh. Fl. Amer. Sept. vol. i. 

 p. 150". — Pentandria Monogynia, Linn. 



This species is found in the woods, as well as along the margins of 

 cultivated land, and is one of those common to both continents. 



