73 BIRDS. PASSERES. Regulus, 



light hazel. Back and wing-covers dark Lrown, edged with rufous brown. 

 Belly dirty white. Female, with brown spots on the head. Nest in hedges, 

 of moss and wool, or fibrous roots, lined with hair. Eggs 4 or 5, blue — This 

 bird sings early in the season, and sweetly, and prefers the neighbourhood of 

 houses. 



_ As a straggler, connected with this genus, the Accentor alpinns may be no- 

 ticed. It differs in the plumage above, being grey, with large brown spots on 

 the back, and in the bill being black at the point, and yellow at the base. The 

 feet are yellow — In the first number of Zool. Journ., p. 134., it is stated, that 

 " a female of this kind had been shot lately in the garden of King's College, 

 Cambridge; it is now preserved in the Rev. Dr Thackeray's collection of 

 British birds." 



Gen. XXXIII. REGULUS.— Bill straight, slender, subu- 

 late. 



69. R. cristatus. Golden-crowned Wren.— Crown orange, 

 cheeks grey. 



Will. Orn. 1G3 Golden-crested Wren, Perm. Brit. Zool. 379 Sylvia 



Regulus, Temtn. Orn. i. 229. ; E, Marygold Finch ; W, Yswigw, Sy- 

 wigw Resident. Generally distributed. 



Length 4J, breadth G§ inches ; weight under 80 grains. Bill and legs black. 

 Irides hazel. Plumage above olive, shaded with cinereous towards the head. 

 The yellow crown surrounded with a black margin. Belly cinereous, more 

 or less tinged with brown and yellow. Quills greyish brown, edged with 

 green. At the base of the secondaries is a black bar, above which the covers 

 are tipped with white, forming a narrow white band ; above that the smaller 

 covers are black, tipped with white. Tail dusky, with greenish edges. In 

 the female the crown is yellow, and its edges more cinereous than black. Nest 

 on trees, composed of green moss interwoven with wool, and lined with small 

 feathers. Eggs 7 to 10, brownish white, darker at the thick end. — This is a 

 restless bird, and its notes are sweet, though weak. 



70. R. TrocMlus. Yellow Wren. — Plumage, above, green- 

 ish-yellow brown. Over the eye a faint yellow streak. Legs 

 brown. 



R. non cristatus, Will. 1G4. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 378 Sylvia Hippolais. 



Temm. Orn. i. 222 — E, Willow Wren, Ground Wren, Ground Huck- 

 much ; W, Drywr helyg, Sy wider A regular summer visitant. 



Length 5\ inches; weight 2f drams. Bill dusky above, yellowish beneath. 

 Plumage below white, tinged with yellow ; on the breast a few yellow streaks. 

 Quills dusky brown, edged with yellow ; covers and thighs yellow. Tail dus- 

 ky, edged with yellow. Nest oval, with the opening near the top, placed at 

 the bottom of a bush, and composed of moss and dried grass. Eggs 6 or 7, 

 white, spotted with light rust colour towards the larger end. 



71. R. Hippolais. Lesser Pettychaps. — Plumage, above, 



greenish brown, with a tinge of yellow. Over the eye a faint 



yellow streak. Legs dusky. 



Ficedula septima, Will. Orn. 158. Pay. Syn. Avium, 19. Mont. Orn. Diet. 

 — Sylvia trochilus, Temm. i. 224 — £, Chip Chop ; S, White Wren — 

 A regular summer visitant. 



Length 4|, breadth 7 inches ; weight 124 grains. Bill brownish-black, hi. 



