GOLDCREST. 457 
attracted by the dazzling glare of the lantern. I have also seen great 
numbers on Heligoland on migration, where many fall victims to the 
blowpipe-shooters. 
The general colour of the upper parts of the European form of the 
Goldcrest is olive-green, more or less suffused with yellow according to 
the season, being brightest in autumn; extending from each side of the 
forehead are two black streaks, which gradually widen and enclose a bright 
orange-yellow patch which covers the crown and forms a crest. The wings 
and tail aré brown margined with yellowish green; the primary-coverts 
are dark brown; and the median and greater wing-coverts are tipped with 
white, forming two white bars across the wings. The general colour of 
the underparts is greyish brown. Bill very dark brown; legs, feet, and 
claws brown ; irides hazel. 'The female has the colours less brilliant than 
the male, and the crest is lemon-yellow. The young in nestling plumage 
have no trace of black or yellow on the crown, the head being almost 
uniform with the back. 
GOLDCREST’S NEST. 
