NOTES ON THE GOLDEN -CEESTED WEEN. 



(Regulus cristatus.) 



THREE species of this beautiful but minute tribe 

 of birds have been found in Great Britain, of which 

 one, the Dalmatian bird (Regulus modestus), is 

 probably one of the rarest birds known to science, 

 as only two authenticated specimens are known to 

 have been captured, one in this country in 1838, 

 and the second in Dalmatia in 1829. The Dalma- 

 tian Regulus differs from the other two species 

 (Regulus flavicapillus and ignicapillus) in having 

 no yellow on the crown of the head, a yellow streak 

 over the eye taking the place of the black markings 

 existing in the other kinds. 



The golden- and fire- crested wrens are generally 

 distributed over England, occurring in greater 

 numbers in the northern parts of the island, and 

 frequenting copses and woodlands in preference to 

 fields or gardens. Very frequently, however, if 

 undisturbed, they resort to the latter during the 



