GOLDEN CRESTED REGULUS. 



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INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTItES. 



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THE GOLDEN CRESTED REGULUS. 



Sylvia Begulits, Golden Crested Warhler, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 514. 

 Motacilla ,, ,, ,, Wren, Montagu, Ornith. Diet. 



„ ,, „ „ ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 270. 



Regulus cristatus, ,, Crowned ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 72. 



,, auricapilius. Gold Crested Regulus, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 229. 



,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 113. 



,, vulgaris, ,, ,, Wren, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. iii. 



Sylvia Regulus, Roitelet ordinaire, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 229. 



Regulus cristatus, ,, ,, ,, Suppt. ou Seme pt. p. 157. 



Regulus. Generic Characters. — Beak slender, straight, the edges dilated at 

 the base, compressed towards the point. Nostrils basal, lateral, oval, partly 

 covered by small feathers directed forwards. Wings of moderate length : the 

 first quill-feather very short; the second shorter than the third ; the fourth or 

 fifth the longest in the wing. Legs rather slender ; feet with three toes before, 

 one behind ; the outer toe joined at its base to tlie middle toe ; claws curved 

 and sharp. 



