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the approach of frost it repairs to woods and 
hedges, where the berries of the hawthorn, holly, 
and some other trees, afford it the necessary 
means of subsistence. Upon the approach of 
spring it returns to the northern provinces of 
Europe, where it breeds and passes the summer. 
It is abundant in Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and 
Russia, in which countries it inhabits the woods 
and thickets adjoining low or marshy tracts. 
It builds its nest in maples, beech, and other trees, 
and lays from four to six eggs, bluish green in 
colour, and marked with blackish brown spots. 
REGULUS, DALMATIAN. 
REGULUS MODESTUS, Lemm. 
The first notice of the death or capture in this 
country of any individual of this species, appeared 
in the “ Annals of Natural History,’ in which an 
account was given of one shot by Mr. Hancock of 
Newcastle-on-Tyne, in September, 1833. In its 
habits this specimen was observed to have a very 
great resemblance to the Golden-crested Wren. 
It was constantly in motion, flirtmg about from 
place to place in search of such insects among the 
herbage as the bleak coasts of Northumberland 
afforded. Such a situation, indeed, could not be at 
all suited to the habits of this species; and there 
