9. EEGTOUS. 85 



species closely resembles B. icinicapillus. Total length about 3-7 

 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-1, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-8. 

 Hub. Madeira. 



a. Ad. sk. Madeira. E. Vernon Ilarcourt, Esq. 



[P.]. (Type of species.) 



b, c, d, e. cj" 2 ad. sk. Madeira, June 1871. F. D. Godman and O. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 f,ff,h. cJ 5 ad.sk. Madeira. F. D. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 i, 7c. xVd. in spirits. Madeira. Purchased. 



5. Eegulus calendula. 



La Poule ou Souci de Pensilvanie, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 584 (1760). 



Motacilla calendula, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 337 (1766) ; Atcdub. B. Am. 

 pi. 133 ; id. Orn. Biot/r. ii. pi. 195. 



Parus griseus, Gmel. S. X. i. p. 1010. 



Sylvia calendula, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 549 (1790) ; Wilson, Am. Orn. 

 ' pi. 5. fig. 3 ; Grmj, Hand-l. B. i. p. 216, no. SOClS. 



Eegulus calendula, Liiht. Verz, Douhl. no. 408 (1823) ; Gray, Gen. 

 B. i. p. 175; Baird, B. N. Am. p. 226; Sclat. P.Z.S.lBbl, 

 p. 202, 1858, p. 300, 1859, p. 362, 1864, p. 172 ; Gould, P. Z. S. 

 1858, p. 290 (Scotland); Cooper, B. Calif, i. p. 33 ; Reinhardt, 

 Ibis, 1861, p. 5 (Greenland) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 475; Coues, 

 Key N. A. B. p. 78; Sol. ^- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Xeofr. p. 4; 

 Baird, Brew., ^' Eidyw. N. A. B. i. p. 75 ; Coues, B. Colorado Vail. 

 p. 92 (cf. for American references) . 



Regulus rub'inens, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. ii. p. 49, pis. 104 & 105 (1807). 



Phyllobasileus calendula, Cab. 3Ius. Hein. i. p. 33 (1850). 



Peguloides calendula, Bp. C. A. i. p. 292 (1850). 



Corthylio calendula, Cab. J.f. 0. 1853, p. 83. 



In this species the small peculiarly shaped feather which overlaps 

 the nostril is either rudimentary or entirely absent. 



Adult male. General colour above dingy olive-grey, passing into 

 olive-green on the lower back and on the upper tail-coverts ; the 

 centre of the crest vermilion-red, and not bordered by yellow or black, 

 the whole of the rest of the crown of the head being of the same 

 dull coloi;r as the mantle and hind neck ; sides of head, forehead, 

 and car-coverts somewhat paler and more yellowish ; lores and the 

 immediate region round the eyes whitish ; all the underparts are 

 dingy creamy white. Total length about 4 inches, culmen 0"4-0*5, 

 wing 2-3-2-4, tail 2-S, tarsus 0-7-0-8. 



Young birds are without the coloured crown, 



Ilab. Nearly the whole of the Nearctic Region, ranging from 

 Repulse Ray and Greenland in the north, southwards to Guatemala. 



a. Ad. St. N. America. Purchased. 



b. (S ad. sk. X. America. Gould Collection. 



c. Ad. sk. California. Purchased. 



rf, e. d 2 ad. sk. West side of Rocky Mts. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 

 /. S ad. sk. West side of Rocky Mts. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 

 y. ci" ad. sk, ■k^ih.V■Axsx\\^i\(G,I)a%vson). N. A. Boimdary Commission, 



