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that lie considers the individual from which he described 

 as unique in the continental collections. The description 

 of my bird, which will now entitle this species to a place 

 in the British Fauna, is as follows : Length 4 T \ inches : 

 breadth 6J inches : length from the carpus to the end of 

 the wing 2^ inches ; tail 1 -}^ inch ; the bill from the 

 gape to the tip nearly T T 6 - ; and from the tips of the 

 feathers, which extend to the extremity of the nostrils, a 

 quarter of an inch. The whole of the upper plumage a 

 greenish yellow ; on the centre of the crown of the head 

 is a streak of paler : a light lemon-coloured streak extends 

 over the eye from the base of the bill to the occiput ; a 

 short streak of the same colour passes beneath the eye, and 

 a narrow band of dusky passes through the eye, and 

 reaches the termination of the auriculars. The under- 

 parts pale yellow ; the ridge of the wing bright lemon 

 colour ; wing-feathers dusky, edged with pale yellow, 

 becoming broader on the secondaries ; two conspicuous 

 bands of lemon colour across the coverts ; the wings reach 

 to within three quarters of an inch of the end of the tail. 

 Bill brown, with the under mandible paler at the base ; 

 mouth yellow ; legs and toes brown, with the under sur- 

 face of the toes inclining to yellow ; claws brown. Its 

 manners, as far as I had an opportunity of examining them, 

 were so like those of the Golden-crested Wren, that at first 

 I mistook it for that species. It was continually in motion, 

 flitting from place to place in search of insects on umbel- 

 liferous plants, and such other herbage as the bleak banks 

 of the Northumberland coast affords ; such a situation 

 could not be at all suited to the habits of this species, and 

 there can be little doubt that it had arrived at the coast 

 previous to, or immediately after, its autumnal migrations." 

 Mr. Hancock has stated to Mr. Selby, that the covering 

 of the nostrils in his specimen consists of various feathers, 



