The young are covered with a dense elastic down, of a yellowish tint, variegated above with a few large streaks of dark brown, on a light brown ground; the top of the head with a longitudinal brown patch margined with black.
The Young when fully fledged resemble the Female.
The Labrador Tea Plant.
Ledum latifolium, Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. ii. p. 602. Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. vol. i. p. 301.—Decandria Monogynia, Linn. Rhododendra, Juss.
The Labrador Tea Plant springs up among the rich and thick moss that everywhere covers the country of Labrador. I was informed that the fishermen and Indians frequently make use of it instead of tea.
It is a small shrub, about a foot in height, with linear oblong leaves, which are folded back at the margin, and covered on the back with a rust-coloured down. The flowers are white.
The Sea Pea.
Pisum maritimum, Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. iii. p. 1071. Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept. vol. ii. p. 470.—Diadelphia Decandria, Linn. Leguminosæ, Juss.