[part t. 



lected by 



REOULUS. 



66 



l. TownHPnd. 

 Hftermann. 

 jchotl. 

 'earwiU. 

 i. M'Carlhy. 



), pi. 39.— 

 rds N. Am. 



iT race with 



ellowstone. 

 common on 

 klimoo, Fort 



ullected by 



J. Audubon. 

 Kennerly. 



)d and de- 

 3 reaching 

 hung — not 



extending 

 niddle toe 



aries ton • 

 Lateral 



Paridae, 

 bristled 

 i-eat toes, 



etc. They are much smaller tlinn thn Tiirdidse and SaxicoUdse, 

 with inuth more slnidnr, depressed bill, longer rictal bristles, etc. 

 The short outer primary, with the primaries ten in number, distin- 

 gui.sh tiiem from the HyloiecAidse. 



Of the two subfamilies, Jiegulinse are more nearly related to the 

 Saxicolidse, and Pulioptilime to the Paridse ; and have, by many 

 authors, been respectively thus assigned. I agree with Cabanis, 

 however, in uniting them into one family. They may thus be dis- 

 tinguished : — 



Regulinas. Wings longer than the eraarginate tail. Tarsi booted or with- 

 out scutellar divisions. 



Folioptilinae. Wings about equal to the graduated tail. Tarsi with dis- 

 tinct tiuutellie. 



REGULUS, Cut. 



Regtihs, Cnv. "Lemons d'Anat. Comp. 1799-1800." (Type Motacilla 



rccjulus, Linn.) 

 RegaUiides, Blyth. 1847. (Typo "R, proreijulus, Pall.," Gray.) 

 Phyllohasileus, Cab. Mus. Hein. I, 1850, 33. (Type Motacilla calen- 



data, Linn.) 



Reguliis satrapa. 



Retjulux salrupa, Light. Verz. 1823, no. 410. — Raird, Birds N. Am. 1859, 



227.— ScLATER, p. Z. S. 1857, 212 (Orizaba).— B^deker, Cab. Jour. 

 ' IV, 33, pL 1, fig. 8 (eggs, from Labrador). — Pr. Max. Cab. Jour. 



1858, 111.— Cooper & Suckley, P. R. R. R. XII, ii,. 1859, 174 



(winters in W. Territory). 

 Sylvia regulus, Wils. ; Regulm cristotus, ViEiLi. ; R. tricolor, Nutt., Aud. 

 Figures: Aud. B. A. II, pi. 132.— Ib. Orn. Biog. II, pL 183.— Vieill. 



Ois. Am. Sept. II, pi. cvi. 



Eab. United States aBd the Eastern Provinces. ■ '• 



This species is found throughout the entire region of the United 

 States and the Provinces, though hitherto not noticed in the fur 

 countries. On the Pacific slope it is abundant from the Paget 

 Sound country (where it is found in winter), south to Fort Crook ; 

 but no specimens are in the collection from more southern points, 

 not even Fort Tejon, nor any from the middle table land or Rocky 

 Mountain region anywhere. 



The western specimens are much brighter and more olivaceous 



al)ove, especially on rump and tail, than the eastern, and may 



possibly constitute a different race, or variety olivaceus. Sciater 



records it as found at Orizaba, Mex. This may, however, prove to 



he a different species. 



Young bird?, as with R. calendula, are without the colored crown* 

 6 July, 1864. 



