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REGULUS IGNICAPILLUS. THE FIRE-CROWNED 

 KINGLET. 



Roitelet triple-bandeau. Sylvia ignicapilla. Temm. Man. d'Orn. I. 231. 



Regulus ignicapillus. Id. III. 1.58. 

 Regulus ignicapillus. Fire-crested Kinglet. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 113. 



Plumage of the upper parts light yellowish-hr own, of the lower 

 pale brownish grey ; the top of the head silky and reddish-orange, 

 with a longitudinal hand on each side of black feathers, the inner 

 webs of some of which are pale yellow ; the cheeks yellowish-grey ; 

 a black band in the loral space, and behind the eye, a narroicer 

 dusky band from the base of the lower mandible. Female with 

 the crown dull pale orange, and the dusky bands on the cheek 

 obscure. 



Male. — This species, although of the same size as the 

 other, and similar in colouring, is easily distinguished by its 

 two additional dusky bands on each side of the head. The 

 bill is slightly longer, and somewhat wider at the base, but the 

 differences in this respect, as well as in the form and propor- 

 tions of the other parts, are scarcely appreciable. The plumage 

 also may be described in the same terms ; but the tuft of silky 

 feathers on the head is larger, and the tail is a little longer. 

 The wings are of moderate length, rounded ; the first quill 

 about a third of the length of the second, the fourth longest ; 

 the tail arched at the base, and slightly emarginate. 



The bill is blackish-brown ; the feet and claws dull yellow- 

 ish-brown. The general colour of the upper parts is light 

 yellowish-olive, of the lower greyish-white tinged with brown. 

 The sides of the head are yellowish-grey ; a narrow dusky 

 streak proceeds from the base of the lower mandible a short 

 way down the neck ; the loral space, and a band behind the 

 eye, black ; a greyish-white line beneath, and another above 



