308 TENNESSEE WARBLER. 



with blue. The general colour above is yellow-olive, the head darker, 

 the under parts cream-coloured, fading behind into white. A pale yellow 

 line over the eye ; quills dark brown, the primaries margined with yel- 

 lowish-grey ; the wings without bands. 



Length 4^ inches, extent of wings 8; bill along the back ^g, along 

 the edge /j ; tarsus j%. 



Ilex laxiplora. 



Ilex laxiploha, Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. vol. i. p. 11? — Teteandria Tetragy- 

 NiA, Linn. Khammi, Juss. 



Leaves ovate, sinuato-dentate, spinous, shiny, flat ; peduncles supra- 

 axillar, aggregated on the younger branches. An evergreen shrub, with 

 yellowish-red berries. 



