396 PIPIRY FLYCATCHER. 



the breast and sides pale grey, the lower tail-coverts tinged with yellow, 

 as are the lower wing-coverts. 



Length 8| inches, extent of wings 14f ; bill along the ridge 1^'j, along 

 the edge 1 j\ ; tarsus j%. 



The Female resembles the Male, but is somewhat smaller, and the 

 bright spot on the head is paler. 



The leguminous plant of which a twig is represented in the plate, is 

 one of the handsomest productions of Key West, where I found it in full 

 flower in the month of May. It reaches the height of twenty feet or 

 more, and has a rather slender, but elegant stem, of which the wood is as 

 brittle as that of our common acacias. The pods are eight or nine inches 

 in length, and of the size of a swan's quill ; the seeds, which are dark- 

 brown when ripe, glossy and globular, he at regular intervals. The deep 

 green of the long pendulous leaves, and the bright red of the large papi- 

 lionaceous flowers, form a beautiful contrast. Many of these trees were 

 planted near the house of my friend Dr Benjamin Strobel, under whose 

 hospitable roof the twig was drawn. I saw no plants of the species on 

 any other Key. 



