94 BACHMAN'S SWAMP-WARBLER. 



Plumage soft and blended, slightly glossed. Wings of moderate length, 

 the first four quills nearly equal, the second longest; the second, third, and 

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

 long and rounded. Tail of ordinary length, slightly emarginate. 



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

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

 yellowish-green, the feathers of the crown brownish-black in the centre; the 

 forehead, a line over the eye, the cheeks, the chin, the sides of the neck, the 

 flexure of the wing, lower wing-coverts, and breast, yellow; the sides green- 

 ish-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, nar- 

 rowly margined with whitish; a large white spot on the inner web of each 

 of the tail-feathers, excepting the two middle ones. 



Length 4 y L inches, extent of wings 6g; bill along the ridge -ff, along the 

 edge y|; tarsus y|. 



Adult Female. 



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 3f|. 



Gordonia pubescens, Willcl. Sp. PL, vol. iii. p. 841. Pursch, FL Amer. Sept.', vol. ii. p. 



451. — MoNADELPHIA POLYANDR1A, Linn. — MaLVACE^, 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. 



