72 BIRDS. PASSERES. Regulus. 



light hazel. Back and wing-covers dark brown, edged with rufous brown. 

 Belly dirty white. Female, with brown spots on tiie head. Nest in hedges, 

 of moss and ^vool, or fibrous roots, lined with hair. Eggs 4 or 5, blue — This 

 bird sings earl}-^ in the season, and sweetly, and prefers the neighbourhood of 

 houses. 



As a straggler, connected with this genus, the Accentor alpinus may be no- 

 ticed. It differs in the jjlumage above, bemg grey, with large brown spots on 

 the back, and in the bill being black at the point, and yeUow at the base. The 

 feet are yellow. — In the first number of ZooL Jour)i., p. 134., it is stated, that 

 " a female of this kind had been shot lately in the garden of King's College, 

 Cambridge ; it is now preserved in the llev. Dr Thackeray's collection of 

 British birds." 



Gen. XXXIII. REG ULUS.— Bill straight, slender, subu- 

 late. 



69. R. a-istatus. Golden-crowiied Wren. — Crown orange, 

 cheeks grey. 



Will. Orn. IG.*? Golden- crested Wren, Penn. Brit. Zool. ?uQ — Sylvia 



llegulus, Temm. Orn. i. 229. ; £, IMarygokl Finch ; IF, Yswigw, Sy- 



wigw Resident. Generally distributed. 



Length 4^, breadth 6g inches ; weight imder 80 grains. Bill and legs black. 

 Irides hazel. Plumage above olive, shaded with cinereous towards the liead. 

 The yeUow crown surrounded with a black margin. Belly cinereous, more 

 or less tinged with brown and yellow. Quills greyish brown, edged with 

 green. At the base of the secondaries is a black bai", above which the covers 

 are tipped with white, forming a narrow white band ; above that the smaller 

 covers are black, tipped with white. Tail dusky, with greenish edges. In 

 the female the crown is yellow, and its edges more cinereous than black. Nest 

 on trees, composed of green moss interwoven with wool, and lined with small 

 feathers. Eggs 7 to 10, brownish white, darker at the thick end. — This is a 

 restless bird, and its notes are sweet, though weak. 



70. R. Troch'dus. Yellow Wren. — Plumage, above, green- 

 ish-yellow brown. Over the eye a faint yellow streak. Legs 

 brown. 



R, non cristatus, Will. 1G4. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 3/8 — Svlvia Hippolais. 

 Temm. Orn. i. 222 — E, Willow Wren, Ground Wren," Ground Huck- 

 much ; W, Drywr helyg, Sy wider — A regular summer visitant. 

 Length 5\ inches; weight 23 drams. Bill dusky above, yellowish beneath. 

 Plumage below white, tinged with yellow ; on the breast a few yellow streaks. 

 Quills dusky brown, edged with yellow ; covers and thighs yellow. Tail dus- 

 ky, edged with yellow. Nest oval, with the opening near the top, placed at 

 the bottom of a bush, and composed of moss and dried grass. Eggs (J or 7) 

 ■white, spotted with light rust colour towards the larger end. 



71. R. Hippolais. Lesser Petty chaps. — Plumage, above, 

 greenish brown, with a tinge of yellow. Over the eye a faint 

 yellow streak. Legs dusky. 



Ficedula septima, JVill. Orn. 158. Raij. Syn. Avium, 19. iV/oH^ Orn. Diet. 



— Sylvia trochilus, Temm. i. 224 £, Chip Chop ; A', White Wren. — 



A regular summer visitant. 

 Length 4|, breadth 7 inches ; weight 124 giains. Bill brownish-black, in- 



