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the approach of frost it repairs to woods and 

 hedges, where the berries of the hawthorn, holly, 

 and some other trees, afford it the necessary 

 means of subsistence. Upon the approach of 

 spring it returns to the northern provinces of 

 Europe, where it breeds and passes the summer. 

 It is abundant in Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and 

 Eussia, in which countries it inhabits the woods 

 and thickets adjoining low or marshy tracts. 

 It builds its nest in maples, beech, and other trees, 

 and lays from four to six eggs, bluish green in 

 colour, and marked with blackish brown spots. 



KEGULUS, DALMATIAN. 



KEGTTLTJS MODESTTJS, Temm. 



The first notice of the death or capture in this 

 country of any individual of this species, appeared 

 in the u Annals of Natural History/' in which an 

 account was given of one shot by Mr. Hancock of 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne, in September, 1833. In its 

 habits this specimen was observed to have a very 

 great resemblance to the Golden-crested Wren. 

 It was constantly in motion, flirting about from 

 place to place in search of such insects among the 

 herbage as the bleak coasts of Northumberland 

 afforded. Such a situation, indeed, could not be at 

 all suited to the habits of this species ; and there 



