. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . h the same. Wings dark brown, the quillsmargined externally with reddish-brown, the coverts margined and tippedwith whitish. Tail-feathers uniformly dull brown. Length 6 inches, extent of wings S1; bill along the ridge \, along the gap\; tarsus 1, middle toe f, hind toe §. The female hardly differs in colour from the male. The Huckleberry or Blue-tangles. Vaccimdm prondosdm, Wittd., Sp. PL, vol. ii. p. 352. Pursch, Flor. Amer., vol. i. p. 285.—Decandria Monogynia, Linn—Ericm, Juss. Leaves deciduous, ovato-
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . h the same. Wings dark brown, the quillsmargined externally with reddish-brown, the coverts margined and tippedwith whitish. Tail-feathers uniformly dull brown. Length 6 inches, extent of wings S1; bill along the ridge \, along the gap\; tarsus 1, middle toe f, hind toe §. The female hardly differs in colour from the male. The Huckleberry or Blue-tangles. Vaccimdm prondosdm, Wittd., Sp. PL, vol. ii. p. 352. Pursch, Flor. Amer., vol. i. p. 285.—Decandria Monogynia, Linn—Ericm, Juss. Leaves deciduous, ovato-oblong or lanceolate, entire, smooth, glaucousbeneath, resinous; racemes lax, bracteate; pedicles long, filiform, bracteolate;corollas ovato-campanulate, with acute laciniae and included anthers. Theflower is white, the calyx green, the berry globular and of a bluish-blackcolour. It varies greatly in the form of the leaves, as well as in stature,sometimes attaining a height of six or seven feet. Huckleberries form a portion of the food of many birds, as well as of N?38. PI. 19 0. & r3 t^/f r■/ .•m Xaiurr T-vJJAua /// 4 Q^ZZftCrtsi MaU L*h IbntsJ << MSI* / rA« f/uJaJ MORTONS FINCH. 151 various quadrupeds. Of the former, I may mention in particular the WildTurkey, several species of Grouse, the Wild Pigeon, the Turtle Dove, someLoxias, and several Thrushes. Among the latter, the Black Bear stands pre-eminent, although Racoons, Foxes, Oppossums, and others destroy greatquantities. MORTONS FINCH. Fringilla Mortonii. PLATE CXC. A single specimen of this pretty little bird, apparently an adult male, hasbeen sent to me by Dr. Townsend, who procured it in Upper it to be undescribed, I have named it after my excellent and muchesteemed friend Dr. Morton of Philadelphia, Corresponding Secretary ofthe Academy of Natural Sciences of that city. North California. Mortons Finch, Fringilla Mortoni, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 312. Adult Male. Bill short, sto
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