PASSERINE. iiOl 



nests, with cotton or other filaments, which tliey arrange witli much 

 art*. 



Regulus, Cuv. 



The bill slender, forming an exceedingly perfect and very sharp point- 

 ed cone; when viewed from above, its sides appear slightly concave. 

 They are small birds, which live among trees and pursue Gnats. There 

 is in France, 



Mot. regulus, L. ; the Roitelet, Enl. 651, 3; Naum. 93, 1, 2, 3. 

 The smallest of the European birds ; an olive colour above, a yel- 

 lowish white beneath ; head of the male marked with a beautiful 

 spot of a golden yellow, edged with black, the feathers of which are 

 erectile. It constructs on trees a globular nest, with a lateral open- 

 ing, suspends itself to the branches in every position like a Parus, 

 and keeps near our houses in winter f. 



A still smaller species has lately been observed, the yellow of 

 which inclines more to orange, and which has a black streak before 

 and behind the eye. — Regulus ignicapillus, Naum. 93, 4, 5, 6. 



Motac. trochilus, L. ; Le Pouillot, Enl. 651, 1; Naum. 80, 3. 

 Somewhat larger than the Roitelet, of the same colour, but without 

 the crown ; its habits are similar, but it has a more agreeable song, 

 and disappears in winter. 



Motac. hypolais; Le grand Pouillot, Bechst. Ill, xxiv; Enl. 

 581, 2; Naum. 81, 1. Is still a little larger, and the abdomen more 

 of a silvery appearance ;;|:. 



The species foreign to Europe are extremely numerous, and are 

 very often agreeably coloured §. 



Troglodytes, Cuv. 



The only difference between the Wrens and the present subgenus is, 

 that in the latter the bill is still a little more slender and slightly arcuated. 

 But one species is found in Europe. 



Mot. troglodytes, L. ; Roitelet, Enl. 651,2; Naum. 83, 4. (The 

 European Wren). Brown, transversely striated with black; some 

 white on the throat and the edge of the wing ; a turned-up and short 



* Certain Fauvettes, European as well as foreign, such as tlie S. sarda, have a 

 little circle round the eye. They form the genus Zosterops of Vigors and Hors- 

 tield. 



t Add the Roitelet otnnicolor, Vieill. Galer. 166. 



+ Add of European species: Mot. sibilatrix, Col. 245, 3; Naum. 80, 2;—M. filtis, 

 Naum. 80, 'i;~M. riifa, Naum. 80, 4. 



§ Such are the Tscheric, Vaill. Ill, 121;— the Cou-jaune {Mot. perisilis), En). 685, 

 5; — Mot. eestiva, Enl. 58, 2; — the Mot. ludoviciana, Enl. 731, 2; — the Fig. h poitrine 

 jaune {Mot. mystacea), Enl. 709,2, Edw. 237, 2; — the Fig. cendre du Canada {M. 

 Canadensis), Enl. 685, 2; — the Fig. de Visle de France (M. mauritiana), Enl. 705, 1; 

 —the Plastron voir, Vaill. Ill, \2'i;— Sylvia venusta, Tern. Col. 293, 1 ;— .S". speciosa, 

 lb. 2; — S. palbehrosa, lb., &c. &c. Those whose_^bill is somewhat broad at the base, 

 are closely allied to the narrow-billed Flycatchers. For the catalogue of species in 

 the United States, see the Catalogue of Species by M. Ch. Bonaparte, Lye. New York, 

 .July 11, l.S2f.. p. 76. et scj. 



