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LAZULI FINCH. 
sides, lower wing-coverts, and tibial feathers are bluish-grey ; the rest ol 
the lower parts white. 
Length to end of tail 5 T 6 2 inches : bill along the ridge T 4 ^ ; wing from 
flexure 3 T V ; tail 2 T 4 J ; tarsus ; hind toe T? , its claw T 3 2 ; middle toe T ®J, 
its claw r 2 2 } . 
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 T 4 2 S ; wing from 
flexure 2ff ; tail 2i ; tarsus hind toe and claw T 6 2 ; middle toe and 
claw ]f. 
Wild Spanish Coffee. 
Cassia occidentals, Willd., Sp. PI., vol. ii. p. 518. Pursch, Flor. Amer., vol. 
i. p. 305. — Decandria Monogynia, Linn. — Leggimnosa:, Puss. 
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. 
