SYLVIIN^E. REGULUS. 



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larvae. One species is common in Britain, and one or two 

 individuals of two others have been met with there. 



86. REGULUS AURIC APILLUS. GOLD-CROWNED KINGLET. 



Plumage of the upper parts light yellowish-brown, of the 

 lower pale brownish-grey ; the top of the head silky and red- 

 dish-orange, with a longitudinal band on each side of black 

 feathers, of which the inner webs of the inner are lemon-yel- 

 low ; the cheeks yellowish-grey. Female similar, but with 

 the crown lemon-yellow. Young without yellow on the head, 

 its upper part being light greyish-brown, with two lateral 

 bands of greyish-black. 



Male, 3|, 6, 2J, &,&, ?\, &. Female, 3& 6. 



Generally abundant in woods, especially those of pine and 

 fir, in all parts of Britain, but especially in Scotland, where it 

 remains all the year. In winter it moves about in troops, of- 

 ten associating with Titmice, the Creeper, and other small 

 birds. It is indigenous even in Orkney and Shetland, where 

 there are no woods. Its song is short and feeble, its flight ra- 

 pid, all its motions lively, and it clings to the twigs in all 

 postures. Occasionally it betakes itself to low bushes, as 

 broom and furze, or even heath. The nest is large, globular, 

 formed of moss and lichens, interwoven with wool or hairs, and 

 lined with feathers. The eggs, from five to eight, are broadly 

 ovate, nearly six-twelfths in length, and nearly five-twelfths in 

 breadth, brownish or reddish-white, darker at the larger end. 



Golden-crested Wren. Marygold Finch. Tidley Goldfinch. 



Motacilla Regulus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i 338. Sylvia Regu- 

 lus, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. i. 229. Regulus cristatus, Id. 

 Ibid. iii. 157. Regulus auricapillus, Gold-crowned Kinglet, 

 MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, ii. 408. 



87. REGULUS IGNICAPILLUS. FIRE-CROWNED KINGLET. 



Plumage of the upper parts light yellowish-brown, of the 

 lower pale brownish-grey ; the top of the head silky and red- 

 dish-orange, with a longitudinal band on each side of black 

 feathers, the inner webs of some of which are pale yellow ; 

 the cheeks yellowish-grey ; a black band in the loral space, 

 and behind the eye, a narrower dusky band from the base of 

 the lower mandible. Female with the crown dull pale orange, 

 and the dusky bands on the cheek obscure. 



Male, 3H, .-, 2, |, T W5, A- 



This species, easily distinguished by the two black bands on 

 each side of the head, but otherwise very similar to the last, 



