318 SYLVIANiE. 



head reddish-orange, with a band of lemon-yellow and another 

 of black on each side, cheeks yellowish-grey. Young with the 

 crown lemon-yellow, 



2. Regulus ignicapilhis. Fire-crested Kinglet. Top of the 

 head reddish-orange, with a band of lemon-yellow and another 

 of black on each side ; cheeks yellowish-grey, with a dusky 

 transverse streak, and another in the loral space. 



Some authors have placed the Reguli in the Family of Pa- 

 ring, to the smaller species of which they certainly bear a con- 

 siderable resemblance, not only in form but also in manners. 

 But the transition from Phyllopneuste Hippolais to Hegulus 

 auricapillus is so slight that the former has by some been re- 

 ferred to the same genus as the latter, and in all the Pari the 

 bill is much stronger than that of Regulus, which is formed on 

 the same model as that of the other Sylvianae. There are two 

 generic names in the above synopsis to which objections may 

 with propriety be made. Melizophilus evidently signifies a lover 

 of music, yet the bird to which it applies does not appear to be 

 very remarkable in this respect. It has been suggested that 

 Melissophilus ought to be the name ; but the bird is not known 

 to be particularly fond of bees. For the Kinglets, a better name 

 than Regulus, would be Trochilus, which is that applied to the 

 common species by Aristotle ; but that name has been given 

 by Linnaeus to the Humming-birds ; and if Regulus be contrary 

 to rule, yet it is not so much so as Bex, Tgrannus, or Pastor, 

 and may be allowed to remain. 



