76O RUBY-CROWNED GOLD-CREST. 



young devoured in great quantities, considering 

 their diminutive size, consuming above their own 

 weight in four days. 



The nest is composed of green moss, interwoven 

 with wool, and lined with a profusion of small 

 feathers, which completely conceal the eggs: it 

 is often placed among the branches of ivy, or 

 beneath the thick stem of the fir : the eggs weigh 

 about nine or ten grains, are from seven to ten in 

 number, and are of a brownish white colour, darker 

 at the larger end. 



The song of this species is repeated at intervals 

 during the day, in the spring, but is discontinued 

 when it has young : it is a very active species, 

 and braves the severest winters : it delights in 

 woody countries, particularly where fir abounds : 

 in all parts of England it is very abundant, as it is 

 likewise in Europe and the rest of the old con- 

 tinent, but does not occur in America : its food 

 consists of insects, small worms, and seeds. 



BUBY-CHOWNED GOLD-CREST. 

 (Regulufi Calendulas.) 



RE. einereo-virens, linea verticals rubini color e abdomine alisyue 



subtusjlavescentibus. 

 Brown-green Gold-crest, with a ruby red stripe on the crown ; 



the body and wings beneath yellowish. 

 Regulus Calendulus. Vieil. Ois. de VAmer. Sept. 



