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Stem tetragonal, all the leaves opposite, ovate, acuminate. Perennial. 

 This plant grows in damp meadows, along rivulets, and even in the depth of 

 the woods. It is abundant in Kentucky, as well as on the eastern ranges of 

 the Alleghany Mountains, even to the vicinity of the Atlantic. Its rich 

 carmine flowers have no scent. 



Phlox aristata, Mich., PI. Amer., vol. i. p. 144. Purscli, Fl. Amer. Sept., vol. i. p. 

 150.— Pentandeia Monogynia, Linn.— Polemonia, Juss. Fig. 2. of the Plate. 



CLAY-COLOURED BUNTING. 



™ Emberiza pallida, Swains. 

 PLATE CLXL— Male. 



This homely looking little bird was discovered by Dr. Richardson, who 

 states that it "visits the Saskatchewan in considerable numbers, frequents 

 the farm-yard at Carlton House, and is as familiar and confident as the com- 

 mon House-Sparrow of England." My friend Mr. Nuttall, in speaking 

 of it as allied to Fringilla pusilla of Wilson, states that it is distinct in its 

 habits, it being a prairie bird, not seen in the woods, and occurring only in 

 spring, although in all other points it agrees with the species just mentioned. 

 It was not met with by him far up the Platte, but is supposed to visit the 

 prairies of the Missouri down to the line of settlements. My drawing re- 

 presents a male. A female in my possession differs only in being rather 

 smaller. 



Platte river, Missouri plains, and Fur Countries. Common. Migratory. 



Emberiza pallida, Clay-coloured Bunting, Swains, and Rich. F. Bor. Amer., vol. ii. p. 



231. 

 Clay-coloured Bdnting, Emberiza pallida, Aud. Orn. Biog\, vol. v. p. 66. 



Adult Male. 



Bill short, strong, conical, compressed toward the end, acute; upper man- 

 dible rather broader than the lower at the base, but less deep beyond the 

 nostrils, its dorsal line declinate and slightly convex, the sides convex, the 



