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Title: The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Published by J.J. Audubon Philadelphia : J.B. Chevalier
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ch colour also are the tips ofthe wing-coverts. Quills and tail dusky, edged with greenish-yellow. Thesilky feathers of the crown of the head vermilion. The under parts greyish-white. Length 4;- inches, extent of wings 6; bill ^; tarsus f-. Adult Female, in summer plumage. The female resembles the male, but the tints are in general duller, espe-cially the greenish-yellow of the wings. The Narrow-leaved Kalmia, or Laurel. Kalmia angustifolia, Willd., Sp. PL, vol. ii. p. 601. Pursch, Fl. Amer., vol. i. p. 296.—Decandria Monogynia, Linn.—Rhododendra, Juss. This species is characterized by its petiolate, ternate, cuneato-oblongleaves, which are obtuse and tinged with red beneath. The corymbs ofbeautiful deep rose-coloured flowers are lateral; the peduncles and calyxdowny, and the bracteas smooth. It grows to the height of two or evensometimes four feet, and is common in the Northern States and BritishProvinces; flowers from the end of June to the middle of August. isro27. PL 134 Y*--.
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