X02 LAZULI FINCH. 



sides, lower wing-coverts, and tibial feathers are bluish-grey; the rest of the 

 lower parts white. 



Length, to end of tail 5^ inches; bill along the ridge ff; wing from 

 flexure 3 T \ ; tail 2ff ; tarsus -^ ; hind toe T 3 2 , its claw T 3 2 ; middle toe -f f , its 

 claw ff . 



Adult Female. 



The female has the bill and feet like those of the male; the upper parts 

 light greyish-brown, the hind part of the back and the rump greenish-blue, 

 but of a faint tint; the cheeks and throat pale reddish-grey; the lower part 

 of the neck, and the fore part of the breast light greyish-red; the sides, 

 lower wing-coverts, and tibial feathers light brownish-grey, the rest of the 

 lower parts white. The wings and tail are blackish-brown, the feathers 

 slightly edged with blue; the transverse bar on the wing narrower than in 

 the male, and brownish-white. 



Length to end of tail 5 T 4 2 inches; bill along the ridge jf; wing from 

 flexure 2yf ; tail 2^; tarsus ^|, hind toe and claw T 6 2J middle toe and 

 claw -jf. 



Wild Spanish Coffee. 



Cassia occidentals, Willd., Sp. PI., vol. ii. p. 518. Pursch, Flor. Amer., vol. i. p. 305. 

 — Decandkia Monogynia, Linn. — Legugiminosje, Juss. 



This species is distinguished by its ovato-lanceolate, quinquejugate leaves, 

 scabrous at the margin, the outer larger; its many-flowering capillary and 

 somewhat panicled peduncles; and its linear, falciform legumes. It flowers 

 through the summer, and grows chiefly in old fields, in the Southern States. 



