MOURNING-GKOUaSTD WARBLER. 
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meeting so as to form a thin edge ; the lateral toes nearly equal, the third 
much longer, and united at the base to the fourth, hind toe stronger and 
rather large ; claws moderately arched, extremely compressed, laterally 
grooved, acute. 
Plumage soft and blended, with little gloss ; wings of moderate length, 
somewhat concave ; the second, third, and fourth primaries having the outer 
web cut out toward the end'; the second quill is longest, the third scarcely a 
quarter of the twelfth of an inch shorter, the fourth half a twelfth shorter 
than the third, and a quarter of a twelfth shorter than the first ; the other 
primaries slowly graduated, the longest or second being only eight and a 
half twelfths longer than the first secondary. All the quills, primary as well 
as secondary, are rounded ; and there are only nine primaries. Tail rather 
long, considerably rounded, the lateral feathers a quarter of an inch shorter 
than the middle, which are longest; all the feathers rather narrow and 
obliquely pointed. 
Upper mandible brownish-black, its edges in their whole length pale 
yellowish flesh-colour, as is the lower mandible, which, however, is a little 
dusky at the end. Iris hazel. Feet and claws flesh-coloured. The upper 
part of the head, the hind part and sides of the neck, are deep ash-grey, 
tinged with blue ; the back, scapulars, and rump deep olive-green ; the wings 
and tail greyish-brown, the edge of the wing and the outer margin of the 
first quill bright yellow, the other primaries narrowly edged with greenish- 
yellow, the secondaries of a paler brown externally, as are the tail-feathers. 
From the ridge of the upper mandible to the eye is a rather broad band of 
black, which extends a little way under the eye, but is not nearly so 
conspicuous as that of the species above described ; nor are the eyelids 
marked with white, their marginal feathers being all dusky grey. The fore 
part of the neck and a portion of the breast, to the distance of an inch and 
five-twelfths from the bill, are deep black, with lunulate white markings, 
each feather being margined with that colour ; the white edges of the lower 
black feathers being extremely narrow leave a crescent of nearly pure black ; 
the breast, abdomen, lower tail-coverts, and lower wing-coverts are bright 
yellow, the sides of the body yellowish-green. 
Length to end of tail 5 inches ; “extent of wings 8 bill along the ridge 
T ^, along the edge of lower mandible /J; wing from flexure 2 T 7 2 ; tail 2 r V ; 
tarsus t 9 2 ; hind toe T 3 i, its claw ; middle toe T \, its claw f|. 
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Flos-Adonis. 
Adonis AUTUMNALis,£mra., Sp. PL, p. 771. Willd. Sp. PL, vol. ii. p. 1304. Smith. Engl. 
FL, vol. iii. p. 43 — Polyandria Pentagynia, Linn.- — Ranunculaceve, Juss. 
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