with longitudinal black lines, and the back, which is of a duller tint,
with regular transverse bars of the same. The tail is barred with black,
the subterminal bar not nearly so broad as in the male, and the tips
brownish-white. The under surface is Uke that of the male, but the breast
and flanks are marked with oblong pale yellowish-brown streaks, the spots
on the inner webs of the quills are pale brown.
Length 12 inches.
The Butter-nut, or White Walnut.
JuGLAKs ciNEREA, JVilld. Sp. PI. vol. iv. p. 450. Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept. vol. ii. p, C26.— J. CATHARTiCA, Mich. Arbr. Forest, vol. i. p. 165. pi. 2.
In this species the leaflets are numerous, serrated, rounded at the base, downy beneath, their petiols villous ; the fruit oblongo-ovate, with a long nipple-like apex, which is grooved and rough. It is often a graceful tree, growing to the height of fifty feet or more. The wood is light coloured, but is not much used. The nuts, when young and tender, make a pickle which is relished in many parts of the Union. It does not occur in Maine, but farther south is abundant, as well as in the western country.
