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the adult male of the common golden-crested wren 

 to be the fire-king, and the female and immature 

 birds gold-crests. I have had several examples of 

 the former shown to me by collectors who were 

 labouring under this delusion. The most simple 

 and obvious distinction consists in the three lon- 

 gitudinal lines on the cheeks of R. ignicapillus, 

 which are absent in R. cristatus. Of these, one is 

 black, in which the eye is situated, above and be- 

 neath which passes a streak of white. 



No doubt this bird frequently escapes observa- 

 tion from its near resemblance to its congener. 

 On the 3rd of October, 1843, an example was 

 picked up dead in a garden at Brighton. Another 

 was shot at Uckfield in October, 1847 ; a third, 

 which is in my own collection, was obtained during 

 the same month near Shoreham, and a fourth has 

 since been killed by Mr. Ellman in the neighbour- 

 hood of Rye. 



Family PARIM. 



GREAT TIT, Par us major. Common in every 

 part of the county. 



BLUE TIT, Parus caruleus. Generally dis- 

 persed. 



COLE TIT, Parus ater. Rare in some localities, 

 but comparatively numerous in others which do 



