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NORTH AMERICAN J5IKDS, 



The European warl.lers of the ,t,o„us rhullopncvMc are all insect-eatin.. 

 birds, captunno then- j.rey wl.ile ..n the wi„.-, u, also feeding on their 

 larvi^ ll.ey irequent the woodlands during their l^reeding-season, but at 

 an other tunes are much more laniiliar, keeping about dwellings and sheep- 



The P. trochih. is a resi.lent throughout the entire year in Southern 

 Europe and m Central Asia. That species builds at the foot of a bush on 

 tlie ground, and eonstructs a domed nest with the entrance on one side 

 Their egg« are five in number have a pinkish-white ground, and are spotted 

 with well-defined blotches of reddish-brown, measuring 0.G5 by 50 inch 

 and are of a rounded o\al shape. ^ ' 



SrBiw.Mii.v REGULINiE. 



.liSoL '''"'' '""'" '"'" "" -'a.-,iiu>.o.l tail. Tu,.i ,„,ote,l, or without s,.„„.„„ 

 This subfamily embraces but a single well-defined North America, 



(Jkms regulus, 



Cuv. 



ncy,ans Wv " Lo.;o„.s .I'Anat. Co,,,,,, i;-,!., ISOO." (Typ. AMncilla rcgnlus, L.vn ) 

 Iu;j,doHlr^, IkvTM. 1847. (Type "/.■. /,rmr,,„h,., Pali. "Okay ) 



P/n,lM,,.ik.., C.u>. M,,.s. H..i,.. I, 1850, :... iTy^.^. Motacma calcnanla, L,xx.,-C<,r. 

 //i!//i<>, Caii. ,Ioui'. ()i'„. 1, 1853, S3. (.S„i,„. ty,«..) 



Okn. C„,u. Hill ,.lo„,,.o,-, m„..h ..1,0,-t,.,. tl,a„ ,1,0 l„.a,i. .1, p,.o,...o,l at, ha..o, l,„t l.ooo,„i„. 



raiiidiy c<,i„p,o.ssiMl ; ,iio(lci-atoly uotfju.,! at ti|^ 

 Ci,lii,cM, si.ai-l.t to near the tip, the,, pcntly 

 curved. r.,i„iiiis.^uiv sti-aiirlit; jronys convex. 

 RictiK>< well 1,1-oviiled wi,l, l),i,^lle,s ; uo.«<,,-il cov- 

 <Tcd l,y a sin.ule l,i-i.stly feallier dii-eeted forwai-ds 

 (not di.^tinct ill c„/en,hil„). Tar.<!i elongateil, ex- 

 ceedii,- con,.ideial,ly the middle too, .and without 

 scutollie. Lat.M'al trtes about ecpial ; hind toe with 

 the claw, ioniser thiin the inid.ile one l,y ahout 

 Iiair (he elaw. CIaw.s all much eiirved. First 

 , , ,„, primary about one third a.s ion-' a.s the l<m<'est- 



.--ond e.p.,d to m. or six.h. Tail shorter than the wings, .„od..,.a,ely ii.rlced, the ^^ 

 cr.s acuni.mate. Colors olive-.neen above, whi,i..l, beneath. Size vcy small. 



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We are unable to apjireciate any such difference betweet. the connuon 

 .North American Iir;,„n as to warrant Cabanis in establishing a sepamte 

 genus for the ca/aMa. The bristly feather over the no.stril is perhaps less 

 compact and close, but it exists in a rudimentary condition. 



Hegiilns snirapa. 



