FIRECREST 



FIRE-CRESTED KINGLET FIRE-CROWNED KINGLET 

 FIRE-CRESTED WREN. 



PLATE CXXXIIL FIGURES I. AND II. 



Regitlus ignicapillus, . . JENYNS. MACGILLIVRAV. 

 Sylvia ignicapilla, . . TEMMINCK. 



THE nest of this accidental visitor is similar to that of 

 the Goldcrest, being built of moss, wool, and a few 

 grasses, filled with spiders' webs, studded with lichens, 

 and lined with fur and feathers. It is suspended from 

 the branch of a fir or other tree. 



The eggs are from seven to ten in number, similar to 

 those of the Goldcrest, but much redder in the ground colour 

 and dots, as shown in the second figure on the plate. 



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