BLACK-THROATED BUNTING (PLATE CCCLXXXIV)

Dickcissel, "Spiza americana" Flora: possibly the giant reed, "Arundo donnax," and lady's-slipper, "Linaria vulgaris" JW 37 fine, fresh impression, slightly rubbed in the blank areas 19 1/2 by 12 1/4 in.; 495 by 313 mm. Based on a composition painted near Natchez, Mississippi on April 20, probably in 1822.