GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. 



417 



on the banks of the Schuylkill, not far from Philadel- 

 phia. Its manners appeared similar to those of the pre- 

 ceding species. 



Length 4^ inches, alar extent 6. Front, and line through the eye 

 extending to the back of the neck, black. Wings and tail dusky, edged 

 with yellowish-white; two narrow short bars of white across the 

 wings ; alula dusky. Vent yellowish-white. Legs and feet yellowish- 

 brown. Bill black, slender, and subulate, brighter at its base. Iris 

 hazel. 



GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. 



{JRegulus cristatus, Vieill. Sylvia regulusj Wilson, i. p. 126. pi. 8. 

 fig. 2. [male.] Bonap. Am. Orn. i. p. 22. pi. 2. fig. 4. [female.] 

 Phil. Museum', No. 7246.) 



Sp. Charact. — Olivaceous ; beneath whitish, tinged with rufous- 

 olive ; crown orange, margined with black ; cheeks pale grey- 

 ish } bill subulate and slender from the base. — Female with the 

 crown lemon-yellow. 



This diminutive bird, if indeed the same in different 

 countries, is found, according to the season, not only 

 throughout North America, but even in the West Indies, 

 and almost every part of Europe. A second species with 



