BIRDS — TURDJDAE — EEGULUS SATEAPA. 



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Sp. Cii. — Above dark greenish olive, passing into bright olive green on the rump and outer edges of the wings and tail- 

 Crown with a large concealed patch of scarlet feathers, which are white at the base. The under parts are grayish white tinged 

 with pale olive yellow, especially behind. A ring round the eye, two bands on the wing coverts, and the exterior of the inner 

 tertials white. Young without the red on the crown. Length, 4.50 ; wing, 2.33 ; tail, 1.85. 



Hab. — United States from Atlantic to Pacific. 



The female differs verj'^ little in color. It is quite probable that the species does not attain 

 the red patch in the crown until the second year, as the spring migrations of the species always 

 embrace a considerable number with the head perfectly plain. 



The autumnal plumage differs from the vernal in a lighter olive tinge to the feathers of the 

 back, while the under parts are of a pale brownish yellow, brightest on the belly. 



There is a concealed yellowish bar across the quills immediately beneath the tips of the 

 greater coverts, succeeded by an exposed bar of blackish, more or less conspicuous in different 

 specimens. There is also some concealed white on the feathers of the rump. 



I am unable to perceive any tangible difference between eastern and western specimens. 



List of specimens. 



REGULUS SATRAPA, Licht. 



Golden-crested Wren. 



Regulus satrapa, Lichtenstein, Verzeich. Doubl. 1823, No. 410. (Quotes Pants satrapa, Illiger, probably a museum 

 name.)— BoNAr. List, 1838.— Ib. Conspectus, 1850, 291.— Aud, Synopsis, 1839, 82.— Ib. Birds 

 Amer. 11, 1841, 1G5 ; pi. 132. 



Syhia regulus, Wilson, Am. Orn. I, 1808, 12G ; pi. viii, f. 2. (Not of Latham.) 



Regulus cristatus, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. 11, 1807, 50 -, pi. cvi. (Not of Ray.)— Bonap. Obs. Wilson, 1825.— 

 Ib. Synopsis. 1828, 91. 



Regulus tricolor, Nitttall, Man. I, 1832, 420.— Aud. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 476 ; pi. 183. 



