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first intermediate between the fourth and fifth; tail rounded. Male with the 

 upper parts ash-grey; the feathers of the wings and tail brown, edged with 

 grey; the head spotted with black; loral space, a band beneath the eye, pro- 

 ceeding down the side of the neck, and a belt of triangular spots across the 

 lower part of the fore neck, black; the lower parts, and a bar from the nos- 

 tril over the eye, pure yellow; lower wing and tail-coverts white. Female 

 similar to the male, but with the black spots on the neck smaller and fainter. 

 Young similar to the female, with the tints paler, and the neck unspotted. 



Male, 51 9. 



From Kentucky northward. Not found in the Atlantic districts. Migra- 

 tory. 



The Great Laurel. 



Rhododendron maximum, Willd. Sp. PL, vol. ii. p. GOO. Pursch, Flor. Amer., vol. i. p. 

 297. — Decandria Monogynia, Linn. — Rhododendra, Juss. 



This beautiful species frequently attains a height of fifteen or even twenty 

 feet. It is characterized by its oblong, acute leaves, its terminal umbels or 

 clusters of pink campanulate flowers, the divisions of the calyces of which 

 are oval and obtuse. It exhibits several varieties depending on the shape of 

 the leaves, the colour of the flowers, and the comparative length of the sta- 

 mens and style. The wood, which is tough and stubborn, i>s well adapted 

 for turner's work. The species is found on all the moist declivities of our 

 mountainous districts, from Carolina to Massachusetts. 



BONAPARTE'S FLYCATCHING-WARBLER. 



Myiodioctes Bonapartii, Aud. 

 PLATE LXXIIL— Male. 



Whilst I have the pleasure of honouring this beautiful new species with 

 the name of so distinguished a naturalist as Charles Lucien Bonaparte, 

 Prince of Musignano, I regret that I am unable to give any account of its 

 habits, or even of its manner of flight, and must therefore confine my remarks 

 upon it within very brief space. The following extract from my journal 

 contains all that I have to say respecting it. 



"Monday, August 13, 1821. Louisiana. — On arriving at the Cypress 



