Class II. GOLDEN CRESTED WREN. 



379 



"TTT WITH forehead and nnderfide of the 152' Scotch 



VV * body of a fine pale yellow: wings of 

 the fame color : back and tail of a pale brown. 

 Communicated by Mr. Latham of Bartford^ who 

 thought that it was fhot in the Highlands of Scot- 

 land, It was of the fize of a wren. 



345' 



La Soulcie. Belon a^v 



Tettigon. ohf. 12. 



Regulus. Gefner av. 727. 



Fior rancio. Olinat 6. 



Aldr. an). II. 290. 



Wih orn. 227. 



Rail fyn. anj, 79. 



Echv. a<v. 254. 



Cat. Carol, app. ^6^ 37. 



Kratlich. Scopoli, No. 240. 



Le Poul, ou Souci, ou Rol- 

 telet hupe. Calendula. 

 BriJJon anj. Ill 579. 



Motacilla regulus. Lin, Jyfi, 



338. 



Kongsfogel. Faun. Suec. fp, 

 262. 



Sommer Zaunkoenig (Sum- 

 mer Wren). Frifchy I. 24, 



Goldhannel. Kram. 378. 



Fugle-Konge. Br. 285. 



Br. Zool. loi. plate S. f. 3. 



[53. Golden 

 Crested. 



THIS is the left of the Britijh birds, weigh- 

 ing only feventy-fix grains. Its length is 

 three inches and a half; the breadth five inches : 

 it may readily be diftinguifhed from all other birds, 

 not only by its fize, but by the beautiful fcarlet 

 mark on the head, bounded on each fide by a fine 

 yellow line. The bill is dufky : the feathers of the 

 forehead are green : from the bill to the eyes is a 

 narrow white line : the back and the hind part of 

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