. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . tail-feathers brownish-black, primaries edged with greyish-white,secondaries with yellowish-green; outer three tail-feathers on each side witha white patch on the inner web at the end; lower parts white, sides of theneck and body deep chestnut. Female similar, but with the chestnut on thesides less extended, and the yellow on the head tinged with green. Male, 5i, 8. From Texas northward. Rather common. Migratory. The Moth Mullein. Verbascum blattaria, JJlIId. Sp. PI., vol. i. p. 1005. Punch, Flor. Amer., v
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . tail-feathers brownish-black, primaries edged with greyish-white,secondaries with yellowish-green; outer three tail-feathers on each side witha white patch on the inner web at the end; lower parts white, sides of theneck and body deep chestnut. Female similar, but with the chestnut on thesides less extended, and the yellow on the head tinged with green. Male, 5i, 8. From Texas northward. Rather common. Migratory. The Moth Mullein. Verbascum blattaria, JJlIId. Sp. PI., vol. i. p. 1005. Punch, Flor. Amer., vol. i. p. Engl. Flor., vol. i. p. 513.—Pentandria monogynia, Linn.—Solane^e, Juss. A biennial plant, distinguished from the other species of the same genusby its amplexicaul ovato-oblong, rugose, serrated, glabrous leaves, and one-flowered solitary pedicels. The ordinary colour of the flowers is yellow, butthe plant represented is of a variety with larger whitish or pale rose-colour-ed flowers. It grows in fields and bye-roads, and is of common occurrence. Nnx PI. / . Il/l/c. !l!MHt/r: Drawn from Nature by J 5. Piim- 1 *rol:bv J N?1T PL 82.
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