164 CUVIER'S KINGLET. 



edges; upper mandible nearly straight in its dorsal outline, the edges slightly 

 notched close upon the slightly declinate acute tip; lower mandible straight, 

 acute. Nostrils basal, elliptical, half closed above by a membrane, covered 

 over by the feathers. The whole form slender. Legs rather long; tarsus 

 slender, much compressed, longer than the middle toe, covered anteriorly 

 with a few indistinct scutella; toes scutellate, the lateral ones nearly equal 

 and free; hind toe stouter; claws weak, compressed, arched, acute. 



Plumage very loose and tufty. Bristles at the base of the bill; a small 

 decomposed feather covering the nostril. Wings of ordinary length, the 

 third and fourth primaries longest. Tail of twelve feathers, emarginate. 



Bill black. Iris hazel. Feet yellowish-brown. The general colour of 

 the upper parts is dull greyish-olive. Forehead, lore, and a line behind the 

 eye, black. A semilunar band of the same on the top of the head, the 

 middle space vermilion. Wings and tail dusky, edged with greenish-yellow. 

 Secondary coverts tipped with greyish-white. Under parts greyish-white. 



Length 4^ inches, extent of wings 6; bill along the ridge nearly ^, along 

 the gap nearly |-; tarsus f . 



The Broad-leaved Kalmia, or Laurel. 

 Kalmia latifolia, Willd. Sp. PI. vol. ii. p. 600. Pursch, Fl. Amer., vol. i. p. 296.— Decan- 



DRIA MONOGYNIA, Lllin.— RHODODENDRA, JllSS. 



This beautiful species is characterized by its scattered, petiolate, elliptical 

 leaves, which are smooth, and nearly of the same colour on both sides; and 

 its terminal, viscid, and pubescent corymbs. It is a middle-sized shrub, 

 sometimes attaining a height of eight or ten feet. The leaves are evergreen, 

 as in the other species, and the flowers of a delicate pink. 



