IcTERiA viHTDis, Ch. Bonaparte, Synops. of Birds of the United States, p. 69.
Yellow-breasted Chat, Pipra polyglotta, Wils. Amer. Ornith. vol. i. p. 90.
pi. 6. fig. 2.
Yeijlgw-breasted Icteria, Icteria viridis, Nutlall, Manual, part i. p. 299.
Adult Male. Plate CXXXVII. Fig. 1, ].
Bill of moderate length, strong, slightly arched, broad at the base, compressed towards the end ; upper mandible with the sides convex, the edges acute, destitute of notch, the tip acute, and a little declinate ; lower mandible with the dorsal hne nearly straight, the edge line slightly arched and inflected. Nostrils rounded, half covered by a vaulted membrane. The form is rather robust. Legs of moderate length, slender ; tarsus compressed, anteriorly scutellate, sharp behind ; two lateral toes nearly equal, the hind one not much stouter ; claws small, compressed, acute.
Plumage blended. Wings of moderate length, rounded; third and fourth primaries longest, second almost equal, first a little shorter. Tail longish, rounded. Feathers of the throat and breast with a silky gloss.
Bill black, the base of lower mandible blue. Iris hazel. Feet grey- ish-blue. The general colour of the upper parts is deep olive-green ; the inner webs of the tail-feathers and quills, and the ends of the latter, dusky- brown. A line over the eye, a small streak under it, and a spot at the base of the lower mandible, white. Lore black. Throat and breast bright yellow, abdomen and under tail-coverts white.
Length 7 inches, extent of wings 9 ; bill along the ridge j^^^, along the edge ^ ; tarsus i§.
Adult Female. Plate CXXXVII. Fig. 2, 2.
The Female scarcely differs from the male in any perceptible degree, and is of the same size.
The Sweet Briar.
Kosa rubiginosa ? — Icosandria Polygynia, Linn. Rosacea, Juss.
The Sweet Briar is very generally distributed in the United States. I have found it from Louisiana to the extremities of Nova Scotia along
