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with a bird apparently of the same species, on the coast of 

 Northumberland, in September, 1838. His description, in 

 Ann. Nat. Hist. II. 310, is as follows: — " Length 4^ in. ; 

 breadth 6£ in. ; length from the carpus to the end of the 

 wing 2-jL-in. ; tail l T Vin. ; the bill from the gape to the tip 

 nearly j 7 -^ in., and from the tips of the feathers, which extend 

 to the extremity of the nostrils, % in. 



" The whole of the upper plumage is greenish-yellow ; 

 on the centre of the crown of the head is a streak of paler ; 

 a light lemon-coloured streak extends over the eye from the 

 base of the bill to the occiput ; a short streak of the same 

 colour passes beneath the eye, and a narrow band of dusky 

 passes through the eye and reaches the termination of the 

 auriculars. The under parts pale yellow ; the ridge of the 

 wing bright lemon colour ; wing feathers dusky, edged with 

 pale yellow, becoming broader on the secondaries ; two con- 

 spicuous bands of lemon colour cross the coverts ; the wings 

 reach to within three quarters of an inch of the end of the 

 tail. Bill brown, with the under mandible paler at the 

 base ; mouth yellow ; legs and toes brown, with the under 

 surface of the toes inclining to yellow ; claws brown. 



" Its manners, as far as I had an opportunity of observing 

 them, w r ere so like those of the Golden-crested Wren, that 

 at first I mistook it for that species. It was continually in 

 motion, flitting from place to place in search of insects on 

 umbelliferous plants, and such other herbage as the bleak 

 banks of the Northumberland coast affords. Such a situation 

 could not be at all suited to the habits of this species ; and 

 there can be little doubt that it had arrived at the coast 

 previous to or immediately after its autumnal migrations." 



