102 ORANGE-CROWNED SWAMP-WARBLER. 



Length 5 J inches, extent of wings 1\\\ bill along the ridge T 5 2, along the 

 edge \\ tarsus T 9 2. 



Adult Female. 



Bill and feet of the same colour as in the male, the former inclined to 

 yellowish-grey beneath. The female wants the orange spot on the crown, 

 but in other respects resembles the male in colour, although the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts are of a darker tint. 



Length slightly less than that of the male. 



The Huckleberry or Blue-tangles. 



Vaccinidm frondosdm, Willd. Sp. PI., vol. ii. p. 352. Pursch, Flor. Amer., vol. i. p. 285. 

 — Decandria Monogynia, Linn. — Ericje, Jass. 



Leaves deciduous, ovato-oblong or lanceolate, entire, smooth, glaucous 

 beneath, resinous; racemes lax, bracteate; pedicels long, filiform, bracteolate; 

 corollas ovato-companulate, with acute lacinise and included anthers. The 

 flower is white, the calyx green, the berry globular and of a bluish-black 

 colour. It varies greatly in the form of the leaves, as well as in stature, 

 sometimes attaining a height of six or seven feet. 



Huckleberries form a portion of the food of many birds, as well as of 

 various quadrupeds. Of the former, I may mention in particular the Wild 

 Turkey, several species of Grouse, the Wild Pigeon, the Turtle-dove, some 

 Loxias, and several Thrushes. Among the latter, the Black Bear stands 

 pre-eminent, although Racoons, Foxes, Opossums, and others destroy great 

 quantities. When the season is favourable, these berries are so thickly 

 strewn on the twigs, that they may be gathered in large quantities, and as 

 they become ripe, numerous parties resort to the grounds in which they are 

 found, by way of frolicking, and spend the time in a very agreeable manner. 



