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and suspend it to the branch of a tree, always placing it 

 where it can be protected by leaves, cones, or branches. 

 It is generally lined with feathers, and contains eight 

 or ten tiny eggs. 



The FIRE-CREST (Regulus Ignicapillus), called by 

 the French triple bandeau, from three dark lines on the 

 side of the head, is very like the Gold-crest in its 

 general colouring, but has a most brilliant orange or 

 fire-coloured crest, and the sides of the neck are yellow. 

 It is much less common than the Gold-crest, but must 

 be treated in the same manner. Another, and still 

 rarer species, the DALMATIAN GOLD-CREST (Regulus 

 modestus), occasionally comes to England, and is so 

 like the Gold-crest in its habits that it has been mis- 

 taken for it, on the rare occasions of its visits to this 

 country. 



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