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us is not so rare as may be supposed, but has been frequently 

 overlooked, on account of its near resemblance to the common 

 species. 



It would be useless, after having given the differences between 

 the two species, to give any detailed description of the Fire- 

 crested Wren ; as there is not, that we are aware, any species 

 with which it can be confounded. Its habits, according to 

 Temminck, are similar to those of the Gold-crested Wren. 



