CLASS II. AVES: ORDER 2. PASSERES. 



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Genus REGULUS : Regulus. — This includes the Golden-crested Regulus or Kinglet R. 



cristatus—Roitelet laippe of the French — an exceedingly minute species, three and a half inches 

 long ; yellowish olivc-green above, and yellowish-gray beneath, the crown of the head being 

 adorned with a yellowish crest, bordered on each side with black. It lives in the woods, and may 

 often be seen associating with tits and creepers. Its nest is a cup-shaped structure of moss, fre- 

 quently lined with feathers ; found throughout Europe : the Fire-crested Wren, R. ignkapillus, 

 is somewhat smaller even than the preceding, its colors being somewhat more brilliant; also com- 

 mon in Europe: the Dalmatian Regulus, i?. worfes^ws, is four inches long; greenish-yellow 

 above, beneath pale yellow ; found in Southern Europe. 



The American Golden-crested Wren or Kinglet, R. satrapa^ is four inches long ; olive-color 

 above ; grayish-white tinged with yellowish-brown beneath ; found from Mexico to Labrador ; 

 breeds in the latter region ; migrates into the United States in September, where it spends the 

 winter. These birds associate in groups, each composed of a family, and are seen feeding in com- 

 pany with titmice, nut-hatches, and brown creepers. They are extremely lively and playful, often 

 seizing their insect prey on the wing, as well as upon the leaves and bark of the trees. The Ruby- 

 crowned Kinglet, i?. calendula, h four and a quarter inches long; dull olive above; under parts 

 grayish-white ; found in the same regions as the preceding. Cuvier's Kinglet, R. Cuvierii, is four 

 and a quarter inches long ; grayish-olive above ; grayish-white beneath ; found in Pennsylvania. 



THE TAILOU-BIIU). 



Genus ORTllOTOMUS : Orthotomus.—Th\s. includes the Txilok-Bird—S i/lvia sutoria of 

 Latham ; 0. Bennetii of Sykes — an East Indian species, nearly five inches long, of an olive-green 



