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covers on tlie high hill of Blackdo-\vn, near the 

 residence of Captain Henry, during the summer 

 of ] 853. I was unfortunately absent from Sussex 

 at that time, and on my return the Dartford 

 warblers had disappeared. — 3rd edition.] 



GoLDEX-CRESTED PvEGULrs, or Golden-crested 

 Wren, Rr^gulus cristatus. Common. 



Fire-crested Kegulus, Regulus ignicapillus. 

 It would be well that this rare species should be 

 knoA^m by some otlier name. If it is supposed to 

 imply a superior vividness of the Ijright yellow 

 colour, the bu'd has no higher claim to the title 

 than its congener the gold-crest : ^jut tlie Avorst 

 of it is that many persons, unacquainted with the 

 most striking distinction between tliese closely 

 allied species, understand it in this sense, and 

 imagine the adult male of the common golden- 

 crested wi-en to be the fire-king, and the female 

 and immature birds gold-crests. I have had 

 several examples of the former shown to me by 

 collectors who were labouring under this delusion. 

 The most simple and ob^^ious distinction consists 

 in the three longitudinal Ihies on the cheeks of 

 R. igniccqnUus, which are absent in R. cristatus. 

 Of these, one is black, in which the eye is situ- 

 ated, above and beneath which passes a streak 

 of white. 



No doubt this bird frequently escapes obser- 



