306 YELLOW-RUMP WARBLER. 



spots on the breast and rump paler, and tinged with green. Feet and 

 legs blackish-brown. 



Iris versicolor. 



Iris veesicoloe, WilM. Sp. PI. vol. i. p. 233. Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. vol. i. p. 29. 

 ^Teiandeia Monogynia, lAnn, Ieides, Juss. 



Beardless ; the stem round, flexuous, equal in height to the leaves, 

 which are ensiform ; the sti^as equalling the inner petals ; capsules ovate, 

 with their angles obtuse. This Iris is extremely common in all the 

 swampy parts of the Southern States, and extends far up along the Mis- 

 sissippi. In many places I have seen beds of a quarter of an acre. It is 

 cultivated here and there in gardens. 



The Smilax represented grows abundantly in the same localities, 

 climbing over any low bush so profusely as to cover it. The berries when 

 ripe are eaten by many species of birds. 



