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Adult (Winter) : Plumage of both sexes browner. Female 
slightly paler in general colour than male. 
Birds of the Year: Much paler, especially on under-parts. 
Distribution: Resident in Southern Europe, east of Spain, 
also on Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily. 
Habitat: Dense bushes or thickets. 
Subfamily PH VILLOSCOPINA. 
Genus REGULUS. 
GOLDEN-~CRESTED WREN.JY 
Regulus cristatus “och. 
Adult Male: Above olive-green; crown orange-yellow; 
bordered with black; forehead olive-brown ; wings and tail 
brown, margined with yellowish; wings crossed by two white 
bars ; beneath greyish-brown ; bill dark brown; legs, feet, and 
claws brown; irides brown. Length 3°5 inches; culmen 0°3 ; 
wing 2°15; tail 1°6; tarsus 0°7. 
Adult Female: General plumage duller; crest lemon- 
yellow. 
Nestling: Above blackish-brown or olive-brown, no trace 
of yellow on head ; yellowish margins to wing-feathers, and one 
wing stripe conspicuous ; beneath much shaded with brownish- 
buff, especially on sides of body. 
Distribution: A common resident in temperate Europe, 
including the British Islands. 
Habitat: Fir woods, gardens, &c. 
Pine. CRE Sr ED. WwW REN. ox 
Regulus ignicapillus (C. Z. Brehm.) 
Adult Male: Above olive-green, brighter on sides of neck ; 
Jrontal band and sides of face whitish, with a black line through 
