j.;O NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Proper cages Description. 



side wire; it requires to be lined with a cloth, or 

 baize, for keeping them warm : though it is a 

 very small bird, a small cage does not agree with 

 k, nor indeed with any bird, notwithstanding 

 it is often practised. In the winter time espe- 

 cially they must be kept very warm and clean, 

 and frequently have dry gravel given them in 

 their cage. 



CRESTED, OR GOLDEN WREN. 



THIS is said to be the smallest bird found in 

 this kingdom, not weighing more than three 

 drachms, and has a slender straight black bill ; it 

 has an exceeding beautiful small row of feathers 

 on the top of the head, of a fine gold or orange 

 colour, which it has a power of drawing together 

 in such a manner as entirely to conceal the little 

 crest, by laying the feathers all flat upon the 

 head, and likewise to raise them at pleasure ; the 

 form of them is long, as they take their rise from 

 the base of the bill, and extend themselves to the 

 back of the head, on each side of which there 

 runs a black line: the eyes are ^encircled with 

 white, the sides of the neck of a fine shining yel- 

 lowish green, the breast of a dusky white ; the 

 back is of a greenish coloui, with a mixture of 

 yellow. The quill-feathers of the wings are of a 

 dusky brown, with some of their edges yellow, 

 others white ; the tips of some of those next to 

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