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can be but little doubt that it had arrived in that 
country previous to or immediately after its 
autumnal migration. A single specimen of this 
bird, shot in Dalmatia, in 1829, was figured by 
Gould in his ‘“ Birds of Europe ;” one of a species 
in his opinion so extremely rare, that he con- 
siders the individual which he described as unique 
in the continental collections. 
REGULUS, FIRE-CRESTED. 
ReEGguLUS IGNIcAPILLUs, Temm. 
This species is easily distinguished by the two 
black bands on each side of the head, and by 
another across the forehead, but is otherwise very 
similar to the common Gold-crest. It has been 
met with several times in the eastern parts of 
England, the first specimen having been obtained 
at Swaffham Bubeck, near Cambridge, in the 
autumn of 1832. It is said to be dispersed 
over the Continent, and to be migratory. In 
France the individuals of this species are usually 
seen together in pairs, and like the common 
Gold-crest, they associate with Titmice, but seem 
restless and shy. They appear to prefer low 
brushwood and young plantations of fir to the 
lofty trees. In the nest, which is suspended under 
a branch of fir, from five to nine eggs, of a pale 
