legend with proxy artists

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Hi,

I read the legend guide, so when I did this:

ax.legend([Circle((0,0),1,fc=‘red’)], [‘red circle’])

I expected the symbol in the legend to be a red circle, but got a red rectangle. In fact, no matter what artists I pass in as the first argument, the legend shows rectangles (the colors are correct, though). Why?

Matplotlib 1.1.0, python 2.6/2.7 on linux.

thanks

-Rick