56 HERMIT VyARBLER. 



dinary length, rather slender ; tarsus compressed, covered anteriorly 

 with seven scutella, sharp behind ; toes slender, free, the outer united 

 as far as the second joint ; the hind toe proportionally large ; claws 

 arched, of moderate length, slender, much compressed, tapering to a 

 fine point. 



Plumage soft, blended, without gloss. Wings of moderate length, 

 rather convex ; the outer three quills almost equal, the third longest ; 

 the inner secondaries not elongated. Tail of moderate length, slightly 

 emarginate. 



Bill black ; iris brown ; feet yellowish-brown. The general co- 

 lour of the upper parts is bluish-grey, spotted with black ; the upper 

 part of the head, which is similarly spotted, the cheeks, and the sides 

 of the neck are bright yellow ; the throat black, the rest of the lower 

 parts white. The feathers of the wings are dusky, edged with grey- 

 ish-white ; and there are two transverse bands of white, formed by the 

 tips of the first row of small coverts and the outer webs of the second- 

 ary coverts. The tail-feathers are brovjTi, excepting the two lateral on 

 each side, which are white. 



Length to end of tail 5j^^ inches ; bill along the ridge 1% ; wing 

 from flexure 2i\ ; tail Ij^ ; tarsus i*^ ; hind toe j^, its claw ^^ ; mid- 

 dle toe 1^5, its claw ||. 



Adult Female. Plate CCCXCV. Fig. 4. 



The bill and feet as in the male. The upper parts are of a duller 

 grey, tinged with brown ; the yellow of the head is less extended and 

 not so bright ; the throat is whitish, spotted with dusky ; the other 

 parts are similar. 



THE STRAWBERRY TREE. 



EuoNYMUs Americanus, Willd. Sp. PL vol. i. p. 1132. — Pubsh, Flora Amer. vol. 

 i. p. 168. 



This beautiful shrub, which attains a height of five or six feet, is 

 common in most parts of the United States, growing in low or swampy 

 ground, and in shady places, is characterized by having the branches 

 quadrangular, the leaves subsessile, elliptico-lanceolate, acute, and ser- 

 rate. The fruit is large, round, tnberculate, of a scarlet colom-, and 

 very ornamental. 



