THE CCERULEAN WOOD -WARBLER. 47 



Sylvia azurea, Bonap. Syn., p. 85. 



Sylvia rara, Bonap. Syn., p. 82. 



Ccerulean Warbler, Sylvia azurea, Bonap. Amer. Orn., vol. ii. p. 27. Female. 



Azure Warbler, Sylvia azurea, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. i. p. 255, Male; vol. v. p. 456. 



Blue-green Warbler, Sylvia rara, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. i. p. 258. Young Male. 



Wings long, with the outer three quills nearly equal, the first and second 

 longest; tail slightly emarginate, upper parts of a fine light blue, brighter on 

 the head, the back marked with longitudinal streaks of blackish; a narrow 

 band of black from the forehead along the lore to behind the eye; two con- 

 spicuous white bands on the wings, formed by the tips of the secondary co- 

 verts and first row of small coverts; quills black, margined with pale blue; 

 tail-feathers black, edged with blue, all with a white patch on the inner web 

 near the end; lower parts white, with a band of dark bluish-grey across the 

 fore neck, and oblong spots of the same along the sides. Female with the 

 upper parts light bluish-green, the lower and a streak over the eye very pale 

 yellow. Young of both sexes like the female. 



Male, 41, S. 



From Texas to Nova Scotia. Columbia River. Rather common. Mi- 

 gratory. 



The Bear-berry. 



IlexDahoon, Mich, Fl. Amer., vol. ii. p. 228. Pursch, Fl. Amer., vol. i. p. 117.— 

 Tetrandria Tetragynia, Linn.— Rhamni, Juss. 



This species of Holly is distinguished by its elliptico-lanceolate leaves, 

 which are thick, leathery, shining, and reflected at the margin, and its co- 

 rymboso-paniculate, lateral and terminal peduncles. The berries are globu- 

 lar and bright red. 



The Spanish Mulberry. 



Callicarpa americana, Willd. Sp. PL, vol. i. p. 619. Pursch, Fl. Amer., vol. i. p. 97 — 

 Tetrandria Monogynia, Linn. — Vitices, Juss. 



A perennial herbaceous plant, with oval, serrate leaves, which are downy 

 beneath; sessile cymes of red flowers, and globular red berries, arranged 

 apparently in dense whorls. It grows in dry gravelly or sandy soil, in 

 Virginia, Carolina, and Louisiana. 



