BACHMAN’S PINEWOOD-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 mandi- 
ble ; fore part of the breast and sides tinged with brown ; the rest of the 
lower parts yellowish-grey. 
Length 6 inches, extent of wings 7£ ; bill along the ridge i, along the 
sides f ; tarsus £. 
The Female is slightly smaller, but does not differ in colouring. 
Pinceneya fubescens, Mich ., FI. Amer., vol. i. p. 105. Pursch, FI. 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 
beautiful 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. 
