484 BACHMAN'S WARBLER.
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 greenish-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 4T
1
2 inches, extent of wings b ' | ; bill along the ridge f^, along
the edge \ \ ; tarsus f *2.
Adult Female. Plate CLXXXV. Fig. %
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 3j§.
GORDONIA PUEESCENS, Wittd. Sp. PL vol. ili. p. 841. Pursh, FL Amer. Sept. vol. ii.
p. 451.—MONADEEPHIA POLYANDRIA, Linn. MALVACEAE, JllSS.
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.
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THE BAY O F FUN DY.
I T was in the month of May that I sailed in the United States1 Revenue
Cutter the Swiftsure, engaged in a cruize in the Bay of Fundy. Our
sails were quickly unfurled, and spread out to the breeze. The vessel
seemed to fly over the surface of the liquid element, as the sun rose in
full splendour, while the clouds that floated here and there formed, with
their glowing hues, a rich contrast with the pure azure of the heavens
above us. We approached apace the island of Grand Manan, of which the
stupendous cliffs gradually emerged from the deep with the majestic boldness
of her noblest native chief. Soon our bark passed beneath its craggy
head, covered with trees, which, on account of the height, seemed scarcely
larger than shrubs. The prudent Raven spread her pinions, launched
from the cliff", and flew away before us ; the Golden Eagle soaring aloft,
moved majestically along in wide circles; the Guillemots sat on their
eggs upon the shelvy precipices, or plunging into the water, dived, and
rose again at a great distance ; the Broad-breasted Eider Duck covered
her eggs among the grassy tufts; on a naked rock the seal lazily basked,
its sleek sides glistening in the sunshine; while shoals of porpoises were
swiftly gliding through the waters around us, shewing by their gambols
that, although doomed to the deep, their life was not devoid of pleasure.
Far away stood the bold shores of Nova Scotia, gradually fading in the
distance, of which the grey tints beautifully relieved the wing-like sails of
many a fishing bark.
Cape after cape, forming eddies and counter currents far too terrific
to be described by a landsman, we passed in succession, until we reached
a deep cove, near the shores of White Head Island, which is divided from
Grand Manan by a narrow strait, where we anchored secure from every
blast that could blow. In a short time we found ourselves under the
roof of Captain FUANKLAND, the sole owner of the isle, of which the surface
contains about fifteen hundred acres. He received us all with politeness,
and gave us permission to seek out its treasures, which we immediately
set about doing, for I was anxious to study the habits of certain
Gulls that breed there in great numbers. As Captain COOLEDGE, our
worthy commander, had assured me, we found them on their nests on
almost every tree of a wood that covered several acres. What a treat,