BACHMAN'S PINE WOOD-FINCH. 115 



deeply emarginate, of twelve straight, narrow feathers, tapering to a rounded 

 point. 



Bill dark brown above, light blue beneath. Iris hazel. Feet very light 

 flesh-coloured. The general colour of the upper parts is reddish-brown, the 

 central parts of the feathers on the back black, their margins bluish-grey. 

 Secondary coverts dull yellowish-brown on the outer edge; quills dark 

 brown, the first seven or eight slightly edged with pale ochre, the rest edged 

 with light brown; flexure of the wing bright yellow; small coverts varied 

 with brown and yellowish-grey. Tail-feathers brown, lighter on the outer 

 edges. A streak from the upper mandible over the eye, as well as the 

 margin of the eye, ochre-yellow. Throat pale yellowish-grey, with a short 

 streak of blackish on each side, from the base of the mandible; fore part of 

 the breast and sides tinged with brown; the rest of the lower parts yellow- 

 ish-grey. 



Length 6 inches, extent of wings 7-|; bill along the ridge \, along the 

 sides -§; tarsus ^-. 



The Female is slightly smaller, but does not differ in colouring. 



Pinckneya pubescens, Mich., Fl. Amer., vol. i. p. 105. Pursch, Fl. Amer. Sept., vol. i. 

 p. 158. — Pentandria Monogynia, Linn. 



This shrubby tree grows on the banks of rivers, and near swamps, in 

 Georgia; but the twig represented in the Plate was from a tree in the beau- 

 tiful botanic garden of M. Noisette, a few miles from Charleston, in South 

 Carolina. The leaves are oval, acute at both ends, somewhat downy beneath; 

 the flowers are yellow, tinged with red; one of the divisions of the calyx 

 enlarges to a whitish leaf, tinged with red, which renders the plant highly 

 ornamental. 



