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and 14 X 10. Average weight of 5 eggs, 38 mg. R. regulus azoriciis 

 Seeb. is resident in the Azores, while R. regulus tristis Pleske is found 

 from Transeaspia to E. Turkestan.] 



101. Firecrest, Regulus ignicapillus (Temm.). 

 Geographical Races. 



a. European Firecrest, R. ignicapillus ig-nicapillus (Temm.). 



Plate 21, fig 21 — 24 (Altenkirchen, Germany). 

 Eggs: Thienemann, Fortpfl. Tab. XIX, fig. 6, a — b. Hewitson, 

 I Ed. I, pi. LXXXVII, fig. 3; II Ed. I, pi. XXX, fig. 3: III Ed. I, 

 pi. XXXVIII, fig. 3. Baedeker, Tab. 51, fig. 2. Taczanowski, Tab. LIV, 

 fig. 1. Seebohm, Br. Birds, pi. 11; id. Col. Fig. pi. 53. Dresser, 

 pi. — , fig. 4, 5. 



Foreign Names: Bohemia: Krdlidek ohnivy. Denmark: Rodtojjpet 

 Fuglekonge. France: Roitelet a triple bandeau.' Germany: Feiierkopfiges 

 Goldhdknchen. Holland: Vuurgoudhaantje. Hungary: Tueesfejii kirdlyka. 

 Italy: Fiorranchio. Poland: Krdlik zniczek. Portugal: Estrellwha. 

 Russia: Korolek krasnogolovoi. Spain: Reyezuelo. 



Regulus ignicapillus (C. L. BreJini). Newton, ed. Yarrell, I, p. 456. 

 Dresser, Birds of Europe, II, p. 459; id. Man. Pal. Birds, p. 93. 

 Saunders, Man. p. 59. R. ignicajnlla ignicapilla (Temm.). Hartert. Vog. 

 Pal. Fauna, p. 398. 



Breeding Range: Europe, south of the North and Baltic Seas. 

 [Also in N. Africa and Asia Minor.] 



In the Iberian peninsula Irby records it as a common resident in 

 tinentai the cork woods of Algeciraz, and probably it will be found to breed in 

 Europe, ^j^^ ^^^^ forcsts of otlier districts, though hitherto it has only been 

 recorded as a visitor in the winter months. In the Pyrenees and the 

 pine woods of the Landes it is common, and is said to have bred as 

 far N. in France as Rouen (Viellot). It has not been known to nest 

 in the Low Countries or Denmark, and is a somewhat local and scarce 

 summer visitor to the coniferous woods of N. and E. Germany, but is 

 plentiful in some districts of the south and west. In Poland and Lith- 

 uania it is scarce, and its distribution in S. W. Russia is still imperfectly 

 known, but it is found throughout Austro-Hungary and in Switzerland. 

 It is resident in the Italian and Balkan peninsulas, and probably breeds 

 in Greece, though the nest has not yet been found there. In the 

 Mediterranean it is found on Mallorca, Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily, 

 while some species of Regulus also occours on Cyprus. [In N. Africa 

 it is common in the cedar and ilex woods of the Little Atlas and Aur6s 

 ranges, and is commoner than the Goldcrest in the Taurus range in Asia 

 Minor (Danford).] 



