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BACHMAN’S SWAMP- WARBLER. 
Plumage soft and blended, slightly glossed. Wings of moderate length, 
the first four quills nearly equal, the second longest; the second, third, and 
fourth slightly cut out on the outer edge towards the end ; the secondaries 
long and rounded. Tail of ordinary length, slightly emarginate. 
Bill dusky brown above, light blue beneath. Iris dark brown. Feet 
umber. The general colour of the upper parts is brownish-olive, the rump 
yellowish-green, the feathers of the crown brownish-black in the centre; the 
forehead, a line over the eye, the cheeks, the chin, the sides of the neck, the 
flexure of the wing, lower wing-coverts, and breast, yellow ; the sides green- 
ish-grey, the lower tail-coverts white. On the fore part of the neck is a 
large patch of black, enlarging beneath. Quills and tail wood-brown, 
narrowly margined with whitish ; a large white spot on the inner web of 
each of the tail-feathers, excepting the two middle ones. 
Length LxL inches, extent of wings 6J ; bill along the ridge T s |, along the 
edge r 7 J ; tarsus T 8 d. ' 
Adult Female. 
The female is considerably smaller than the male, and differs only in 
having the tints fainter, the forehead yellowish-green, and the fore-neck 
dusky. 
Length, 3f£. 
Goruonia pubescens, Willd. Sp. PL, vol. iii. p. 841. Pursch , Flor. Amer. Sept., 
vol. ii. p. 451. — Monadelphia polyandria, Linn. — Malvaceae, J ass. 
This beautiful tree, which grows in Georgia, seldom attains a height of 
more than fifteen feet. Its leaves are obovato-lanceolate, deep green, downy 
beneath, and its large white flowers, with their numerous yellow anthers, 
have a very beautiful appearance. 
