BONAPARTE’S FLY C ATCHIN G- W ARBLER. 
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first intermediate between the fourth and fifth ; tail rounded. Male with the 
upper parts ash-grey ; the feathers of the wings and tail brown, edged with 
grey; the head spotted with black; loral space, a band beneath the eye, 
proceeding down the side of the neck, and a belt of triangular spots across 
the lower part of the fore neck, black ; the lower parts, and a bar from the 
nostril over the eye, pure yellow ; lower wing and tail-coverts white. Female 
similar to the male, but with the black spots on the neck smaller and fainter. 
Young similar to the female, with the tints paler, and the neck unspotted. 
Male, 5i, 9. 
From Kentucky northward. Not found in the Atlantic districts. Migra- 
tory. 
The Great Laurel. 
Rhododendron maximum, Willd., Sp. PI., vol. ii. p. 600. Pursch, Flor. Amer., 
vol. i. p. 297. — Decandria Monogynia, Linn. — Rhododendra, Juss. 
This beautiful species frequently attains a height of fifteen or even twenty 
feet. It is characterized by its oblong, acute leaves, its terminal umbels or 
clusters of pink campanulate flowers, the divisions of the calyces of which 
are oval and obtuse. It exhibits several varieties depending on the shape of 
the leaves, the colour of the flowers, and the comparative length of the 
stamens and style. The wood, which is tough and stubborn, is well adapted 
for turner's work. The species is found on all the moist declivities of our 
mountainous districts, from Carolina to Massachusetts. 
BONAPARTE’S FLYCATCHING- WARBLER. 
Myiodioctes Bonapartii, And . 
PLATE LXXIII.— Male. 
Whilst I have the pleasure of honouring this beautiful new species with 
the name of so distinguished a naturalist as Charles Lucien Bonaparte, 
Prince of Musignano, I regret that I am unable to give any account of its 
habits, or even of its manner of flight, and must therefore confine my remarks 
upon it within very brief space. The following extract from my journal 
contains all that I have to say respecting it. 
“ Monday, August 13. 1821. Louisiana. — On arriving at the Cypress 
