118 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
that he has seen it placed against the trunk of a 
tree upon the base of a diverging branch. It is 
made of moss, wool, grass and leaves, and is lined 
with feathers. 
The food of the Golden Crested Wren consists of 
insects and their larvee, also a few seeds and small 
berries. It seeks its food much after the manner of 
the Tits, climbing briskly up and down all the small 
twigs, and diligently peering into every little crevice 
and bud capable of containing food. It is particu- 
larly partial to the fir tree, when employed in 
seeking its food; but this tree is by no means 
essential to its existence. 
The Golden Crested Wren has the beak black; 
irides hazel; on the crown of the head of the male 
there is a crest of brilliant orange-yellow, sur- 
rounded by equally brilliant but lighter yellow; this 
is surrounded with black; nape of the neck, back, 
scapulars and tail-coverts olive-green; the greater 
and lesser wing-coverts are dusky, tipped with dirty 
white, making two lines of that colour on the wings ; 
all the quills dusky, slightly edged with olive-green, 
the edging broader on the tertials; the base of some 
of the secondaries and tertials is black; there is also 
a slight spot of dirty white on the tips; cheeks and 
sides of the throat dull olive-green; all the under 
parts dirty white, tinged with olive-green; legs, toes 
and claws brown. The female has none of the 
orange-yellow in the crest, the whole being a bril- 
