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CUVIER’S KINGLET. 
edges ; upper mandible nearly straight in its dorsal outline, the edges slightly 
notched close upon the slightly decimate acute tip : lower mandible straight, 
acute. Nostrils basal, elliptical, half closed above by a membrane, covered 
over by the feathers. The whole form slender. Legs rather long ; tarsus 
slender, much compressed, longer than the middle toe, covered anteriorly 
with a few indistinct scutella ; toes scutellate, the lateral ones nearly equal 
and free ; hind toe stouter ; claws weak, compressed, arched, acute. 
Plumage very loose and tufty. Bristles at the base of the bill ; a small 
decomposed feather covering the nostril. Wings of ordinary length, the 
third and fourth primaries longest. Tail of twelve feathers, emarginate. 
Bill black. Iris hazel. Feet yellowish-brown. The general colour of 
the upper parts is dull greyish-olive. Forehead, lore, and a line behind the 
eye, black. A semilunar band of the same on the top of the head, the 
middle space vermilion. Wings and tail dusky, edged with greenish-yellow. 
Secondary coverts tipped with greyish-white. Under parts greyish-white. 
Length 4^ inches, extent of wings 6 ; bill along the ridge nearly §, along 
the gap nearly h ; tarsus a. 
The Broad-leaved Kalmia, or Laurel. 
Kalmia latifolia, Willd., Sp. PI., vol. ii. p. 600. Pursch, FI. Amer., vol. i.p. 296. — 
Decandria Monogynia, Linn. — Rhododendra, Juss. 
This beautiful species is characterized by its scattered, petiolate, elliptical 
leaves, which are smooth, and nearly of the same colour on both sides ; and 
its terminal, viscid, and pubescent corymbs. It is a middle-sized shrub, 
sometimes attaining a height of eight or ten feet. The leaves are evergreen, 
as in the other species, and the flowers of a delicate pink. 
