SYLVIID/K — THE SYLVIAS. 



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Regulus cuvieri, Am. 



CmnZB'S KIHOLET. 



Regulus cue kri, Arn. Orn. Biog. I, 1832, 28b, pi. Iv, etc. 

 228 ; U«'V. Am. Birds, 06. 



B-Vi UD, Birds N. Am. IS'iD, 



Sp. Cn.vR. Size and jrenoral appoaraiice prohaMy that of R. sntrajta. A black band on 

 the fort'ln-ad passinj; ba<-k, throu«rh and Ix-hind tho eye, separated l>y a jrrayish biui<l from 

 another blaek band on the crown, which embraces in the ct-ntre of the crown an orange 

 patch. Length, 4.2.'> inches : extent of wings, G. 



TLvB. -Banks of Schuylkill River. I'enn. June, 1812." Am. 



Tliis species continues to be tinknown, excejjt from the description of Mr. 

 Audubon, as ([uoted above. It appears to ditler mainly from R. satrapa in 

 having two black bands (not one) on the crown anteriorly, separated by a 

 whitish one; the extreme forehead being black in.stead of white, as in 

 satrapa. The specimen was killed in June, 1812, on the banks of the 

 Schuylkill Kiver, in Pennsylvania. 



Regulus calendula, Light. 



BUBT-CBOWNED KINGLET. 



MotaciUa calendula, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 337. Regulus crtlcnihila, Licht. Verz. 1823, 

 no. 408. — Baihi), Bmls N. Am. 1858, 226; Kev. 66.— S( later P. Z. S. 18.^.7, 202. 

 — Ib. 1858, 300 (mountains of Oaxaca). — In. 1859, 362 (Xalapa). — Ib. 1864, 172 

 (City of Mex.). — Samcels, 178. — Dall & Bannister (Alaska). — Coopeu, Birds 

 Cal. I, 33. — Ib. Ibis, I, 1859, 8 (Guatemala). — Cooper & SrcKLEY, P. R. R. XII, 

 II, 1859, 174. ~ Reiniiai:i)T, Ibis, 1861, 5 (Cfieenlaml). — Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 475 

 (Texius, winter). Corthi/lio calendula. Cab. Jour. Orn. I, 1853, 83 (tyiMJ of g«;nus). 

 liegulus rubincus, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. II, 1807, 49, j»l. civ, cv. 



Other figures : Wils. Am. Orn. I, 1808, pi. v, fig. 3. — Doughty, Cub. II, pi. vi. — AuD. 

 Orn. Biog. II, \}\. cxcv. — Ib. Birds Am. II, pi. cxxxiii. 



Sp. Char. Above dark prreenish-oHvo, ])assing into bricrbt olive-green on the rump and 

 outer edges of the wings and tail. The under parts are grayish-white tinged with pule 

 olive-yellow, espeeially behind. A ring round the eye, two bauds on the wing-coverts, 

 and the exterior of the inner tertials white. Male. Crown with a large concealed patch 

 of scarlet feathers, which are white at the base. Female and young without the red on 

 the crown. Length, 4.50 ; wing, 2.33 ; tail, 1.85. 



Had. Greenland ; whole of North America, and south to Guatemala. Oaxaca (high 

 region, November), Sci.ater. Xalapa and Guatemala, Sclater. 



This species of Retjnlus appc >rs to lack the small feather which, in satrapa, 

 overlies and conceals the nost*.iis, which was probahly the reason with Cabanis 

 and Blyth for placing it in a different genus. There is no other very apparent 

 difference of form, however, although this furnishes a good character for dis- 

 tinguishing betw^een young specimens of the two species. 



Habits. Much yet i-emaius to be learned as to the general habits, the 



