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flesh colour, marked with small red spots at the 
larger end, have been found. The food of the 
Fire-crested Regulus is said to be similar to that 
of the other species. 
REGULUS, GOLDEN-CRESTED. 
GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. 
ReGuyvs cristatus, Temm. 
The Golden-crested Wren is found throughout 
Europe, and as far north as the Arctic Circle. It 
is generally abundant in woods, especially those of 
pine or fir, in all parts of Britain, but particularly 
in Scotland, where it remains all the year. It is 
a resident even in Orkney and Shetland, where 
woods, forests, or large groups of trees are unknown. 
In winter it moves about in troops of ten, asso- 
ciating with Titmice and other small birds. Its 
song is short and feeble, but its flight is rapid, and 
all its motions lively. It clings to the twigs in all 
postures, and: occasionally betakes itself to low 
bushes, as broom and furze, and even heath. The 
nest, which is large and of a globular form, is 
made of moss and lichen, interwoven with wool or 
hairs, and lined with feathers, and is usually sus- 
pended from the under part of a thickly-clothed 
fir-branch. The eggs, varying in number from 
five to nine, are of a brownish or reddish white, 
darker at the larger end. 
