GOLDEN-CRESTED REGULUS. 375 



shores of the Mediterranean. It is found in Sicily and 

 Malta. The Zoological Society have received specimens 

 from Trebizond ; Edwards considered it an inhabitant of 

 various parts of Asia ; and M. Temminck includes it in his 

 Catalogue of the Birds of Japan. 



The beak of the male is black ; the irides hazel ; the 

 forehead greyish white ; the base of the crest on each side 

 is bounded by a narrow black line ; the crest feathers bright 

 yellow, tipped with orange ; sides of the head, nape, back, 

 and upper tail-coverts, olive green, slightly tinged with yel- 

 low ; the smaller wing-coverts tipped with white ; coverts of 

 the primaries black ; those of the secondaries tipped with 

 white, overlying a black spot on the base of the secondaries 

 and tertials ; wing and tail-feathers brownish black, edged 

 with greenish yellow ; all the under parts yellowish grey ; 

 legs, toes, and claws, brown. 



The whole length about three inches and a half. From 

 the carpus to the end of the longest primary, two inches : 

 the first quill -feather very short ; the second shorter than 

 either of the next four ; the fifth the longest in the wing. 



In the female, the plumage generally is less bright in 

 colour, and the crest is lemon-yellow. 



