ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. 451 



claws dusky. The general colour of the plumage above is dull brownish- 

 green, the rump and tail-coverts light yellowish-green, the edge of the 

 wing at the flexure yellow. On the crown is a spot of bright reddish- 

 orange, more distinct when the feathers are raised. The under parts are 

 of a dull olivaceous yellow, the lower tail-coverts bright yellow. The 

 quills and tail-feathers dark brown, slightly margined with paler. 



Length 5^ inches, extent of wings 7^? ; bill along the ridge -/g, along 

 the edge i ; tarsus /g. 



Adult Female. Plate CLXXVIII. Fig. 2. 



Bill and feet of the same colour as in the male, the former incHned to 

 yellowish -grey beneath. The female wants the orange spot on the crown, 

 but in other respects resembles the male in colour, although the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts are of a darker tint. 



Length slightly less than that of the male. 



This species appears to form the transition from the Sylvias to the 

 ReguU ; or rather to be alUed to the Reguli on the one hand, and to the 

 Slender-billed Finches on the other. 



The Huckleberry. 



Vaccinium frondosum, PFilld. Sp. PI. vol. ii. p. 352. Ptersh, Flor. Amer. Sept. 

 vol. i. p. 285 — Decandria Monogynia, Linn. EricjE, Juss. 



This plant has already been described at p. 129. of Vol. I. It is very 

 abundant in the pine barrens of the Floridas, where it is in fuU flower in 

 February, and attains a height of from four to eight feet. 



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