REGULUS. BIRDS, 



S. trochilus, Lath. The Yellow Wren. Upper parts of the body 

 olive-green., tinged with gray ; lesser wing-coverts and margins 

 of quill-feathers pale yellow ; lower parts of the body yellow, 

 with centre of the belly white. 4 inches long. Inhabits Eu- 

 rope. Tern. Man. 224. 



S. rufa, Lath. Top of the head and upper parts grayish brown, 

 shaded with olive ; throat white, eye-streak yellowish, wings and 

 tail brown ; coverts of the wings yellow. 4| inches long. In- 

 habits Europe Tern. Man. 226. 



S. Natter 'eri, Tern. Top of the head and neck brown ash-coloured, 

 shading to brown olive on the back and wing-ceverts ; eyebrows 

 pure white ; tail and wing-feathers blackish cinereous, with the 

 margins greenish. 4 inches long. Inhabits Southern Europe. 

 Tern. PL Col. 24, fig. 3. 



S. cisticola, Tern. Top of the head, neck, back, and coverts of the 

 wings brownish ash-coloured ; with the middle of the feathers 

 blackish brown, producing large longitudinal spots ; extremity of 

 the lateral feathers with a deep black spot ; under parts reddish 

 white ; tail short, graduated. 4 inches long. Inhabits Southern, 

 Europe. Tern. Man. 228. 



S. cyanocephala, Tern. Plumage above green, with the head and 

 greater wing-coverts blue ; throat hoary ; quills brown, edged 

 with green. 5 inches long. Inhabits Cayenne. Shaw, x. 684. 



S. Africana, Lath. African Warbler. Plumage above black, with 

 the edges of the feathers red-gray; beneath reddish white; throat 

 with a longitudinal black stripe on each side ; tail-feathers brown, 

 edged with red. 7 inches long. Inhabits Africa Shaw, x. 615. 



S. coronata, Lath. Plumage varied with black and gray above, 

 beneath white ; crown, rump, and sides yellowish ; a black stripe 

 on the eyes ; wings and tail dusky. N. America. Shaw, x. 636. 



Gen. 29- REGULUS, Cuv. Sylvia, Tern. Lath. 

 Bill straight, slender, deeper than broad, compressed, the edges 

 bending inwards ; nostrils basal, with bristles directed for- 

 wards ; wings with the first quill short, the second shorter 

 than the third, which is the longest ; tarsus longer than the 

 middle toe. 



R. auricapiUus, Selby. (Motacilla regulus, Lin.) The Gold-crested 

 Wren, Penn. Plumage above olive, tinted with yellowish ; crest 

 of elongated silky feathers of a rich orange-colour ; a black stripe 

 on each side of the head ; bill black, awl-shaped ; lower parts 

 yellowish gray. 3| inches long. Inhabits Europe. B. Selby, 

 Illust. pi. 47, fig. 4. 



R. ignicapillus, Tern. Plumage above olive-green, shading to yel- 

 lowish : three longitudinal bands on the cheeks, two white and 

 one black ; crest of the male lively orange. 3 inches long. In- 

 habits Europe. Tern. Man. 231. 



