484 BACHMAN'S WARBLER. 



and fourth slightly cut out on the outer edge towards the end ; the 

 secondaries long and rounded. Tail of ordinary length, shghtly emar- 

 ginate. 



Bill dusky brown above, light blue beneath. Iris dark brown. Feet 

 umber. The general colour of the upper parts is brownish-oUve, the 

 rump yellowish-green, the feathers of the crown brownish-black in the 

 centre ; the forehead, a hne over the eye, the cheeks, the chin, the sides 

 of the neck, the flexure of the wing, lower wing-coverts, and breast, yel- 

 low ; the sides greenish-grey, the lower tail-coverts white. On the fore 

 part of the neck is a large patch of black, enlarging beneath. Quills and 

 tail wood-brown, narrowly margined with whitish ; a large white spot 

 on the inner web of each of the tail-feathers excepting the two middle 

 ones. 



Length 4^^ inches, extent of wings 65 ; bill along the ridge ^\, along 

 the edge || ; tarsus f^g. 



Adult Female. Plate CLXXXV. Fig. 2. 



The female is considerably smaller than the male, and differs only in 

 having the tints fainter, the forehead yellowish-green, and the fore neck 

 dusky. 



Length 3^ §. 



GoaDONiA PUBESCENS, Willd. Sp- PL vol. iii. p. 841. Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. vol. ii. 

 p, 451. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA, Linn. MalvaczjE, Juss. 



This beautiful tree, which grows in Georgia, seldom attains a height 

 of more than fifteen feet. Its leaves are obovato-lanceolate, deep green, 

 downy beneath, and its large white flowers, with their numerous yellow 

 anthers, have a very beautiful appearance. 



