SYLVIAM. 197 



latter. The hue of the legs, however, forms the 

 best distinction. That of the chiff-chaff's being of 

 a dark brown, and the willow warbler's of a pale 

 flesh colour ; while the wood warbler differs from 

 both in having the upper plumage of a brighter 

 green, the under parts of a purer white, a distinct 

 yellow streak over each eye, the tail rather shorter, 

 and the wings longer in proportion. 



DARTFORD WARBLER, Melizophilus Dartfordi- 

 ensis. Very scarce. Has been obtained by Mr. 

 Ferryman among some patches of furze near the 

 Devil's Dyke. A specimen was shot on the 3rd of 

 May, 1844, on " the Broyl," near Chichester. I 

 have carefully watched for this little bird when the 

 fox-hounds have been drawing the great gorse 

 covers, but could never succeed in detecting it. 



GOLDEN-CRESTED REGULUS, or GOLDEN-CRESTED 

 WREN, Regulus cristatus. Common. 



FIRE-CRESTED REGULUS, Regulus ignicapillus. 

 It would be well that this rare species should be 

 known by some other name. If it is supposed to 

 imply a superior vividness of the bright yellow co- 

 lour, the bird has no higher claim to the title than 

 its congener the gold-crest ; but the worst of it is 

 that many persons unacquainted with the most 

 striking distinction between these closely allied 

 species, understood it in this sense, and imagine 

 the adult male of the common golden-crested wren 



