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1897, p. 201). This specimen is now in the York Museum.* 

 Mr. L. Harwood, the naturalist who accompanied Mr. 

 (now Sir) A. E. Pease on his Abyssinian expedition in 1900-01, 

 has kindly shewn me a skin of a male Barred Warbler, which 

 he shot on 4th March 1901, at Taddasha Malka, Abyssini , 

 the most southern limit of its range as at present ascertainea, 

 in stony, hilly country, the only vegetation being tall grass 

 and mimosa bush, on which it was actively searching, always 

 on the outer twigs ; the colour of its eyes, a bright yellow, 

 was quite noticeable at twenty-five yards' distance. 



GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. 

 Regulus cristatus (Koch.) 



Resident ; generally distributed in suitable localities. A great 

 influx of winter visitants and birds of passage in autumn. 



The first mention of the Golden-crested Wren as a York- 

 shire bird is contained in Ray's " Synopsis," dated 1713, p. 19, 

 where it is alluded to in a few words thus : " Regulus cristatus 

 Mr. Francis Jessop [found it] in Yorkshire." An early refer- 

 ence is also found in a communication from Dr. Sherard of 

 North Bierley (a celebrated botanist and a correspondent of 

 John Ray) to Walter Moyle, dated London, Jan. I2th 17^*, 

 which is as follows : " I carry'd him two Birds he had not 

 before, sent me out of Yorkshire by Dr. Richardson .... 

 and Regulus Christatus, well preserv'd " (Works of Walter 

 Moyle, Esqre., London 1726). (Dr. Richardson's observation 

 in Philosophical Transactions 1713, on the alleged nest of a 

 Goldcrest, is evidently a mistake, and is referable to the 

 Long-tailed Tit.) 



Thomas Allis, in 1844, wrote : 



Regulus vulgaris. Golden-crested Regulus. Frequent in most of 

 the wooded districts ; it breeds and remains throughout the year. 



This, the smallest of our British birds, is resident where 



* See Nat., 1888, p. i, for comparison between England and 

 Heligoland as regards migration. 



