118 LINCOLN'S PINE WOOD-FINCH. 



Bill dark brown at the end, greyish-blue at the base. Iris brown. Feet 

 yellowish-brown. The upper part of the head has a greyish-blue band in 

 the centre, and two at the sides, the intermediate spaces chestnut, streaked 

 with brownish-black. The general colour of the upper parts is yellowish- 

 brown, with streaks of brownish-black. Quills and larger coverts deep 

 brown, margined externally with yellowish-brown, and the latter slightly 

 tipped with whitish. Tail yellowish-brown, the outer feathers paler. Cheeks 

 of the same tint, tinged with grey, beneath which is a curved band of 

 ochraceous yellow; throat white, streaked with dusky, and having a line of 

 dusky spots on each side; fore part of the breast and the sides pale greyish- 

 yellow, streaked with dusky, the rest greyish-white. 



Length 5| inches, extent of wings 8^; bill along the ridge T 5 2, along the 

 edge T \; tarsus ±f . 



Adult Female. 



The female differs from the male only in having the tints a little duller. 



The Swedish or Dwarf Cornel. Fig. 1. 



Cornus suecica, Linn., Sp. PI., p. 171. Willd., Sp. PI., vol. i. p. 660.— Tetrandria 

 Monogynia, Linn. — Caprifolia, Juss. 



A small herbaceous plant with stems from three to five or six inches high, 

 with opposite, ovate, acute leaves, and two branches, between which is the 

 involucrum of four large unequal white leaves, containing an umbel of dark 

 purple flowers. The berry is red, and has a sweetish taste. 



The Cloudberry. 



Rcbds Chamjemords, Linn., Sp. PL, p. 708. Willd., Sp. PL, vol. ii. p. 1090. Pursch, 

 Flor. Amer. Sept., vol. i. p. 349.— Icosandria Polygynia, Linn. — Rosacea, Juss. 



An herbaceous bramble with simple, plaited, and lobed leaves; stem without 

 prickles, undivided and singe-flowered. The flowers are white, and the 

 berries large and of a yellowish-red colour. They are ripe in July, when 

 they drop from the stalk at the slightest touch, make an excellent preserve, 

 and are collected by Indians, fishermen and eggers in great quantities. In 

 Newfoundland I found them larger and better than in Labrador. Their 

 ripeness is a sure intimation of the arrival of the Esquimaux Curlew 

 {Numenius borealis), which comes in clouds from the north to feed upon 

 them. 



