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REGULUS. GOLD-CREST. 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum tenue, breve, rec- 

 tum, lateratim subcom- 

 pressum. 



Nares pennis duabus recum- 

 bentibus tectae. 



Pedes simplices, digitis tribus 

 anticis, uno postico. 



Beak slender, short, straight, 

 compressed at the sides. 



Nostrils covered with two 

 recumbent feathers. 



Feet simple, with three toes 

 before, and one behind. 



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JL HE genus Regulus was first established by 

 Ray, but by Linnaeus and his followers it was 

 placed amongst the birds belonging to kindred 

 genera under the name of Motacilla : the indivi- 

 duals composing this genus subsist upon insects, 

 worms, and seeds. 



