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nests, with cotton or other filaments, which they arrange with much 
art™. 
Reeutus, Cuv. 
The bill slender, forming an exceedingly perfect and very sharp point- 
ed cone; when viewed from above, its sides appear slightly concave. 
They are small birds, which live among trees and pursue Gnats. There 
is in France, 
Mot. regulus, L.; the Roitelet, Enl. 651, 3; Naum. 938, 1, 2, 3. 
The smallest of the European birds; an olive colour above, a yel- 
lowish white beneath; head of the male marked with a beautiful 
spot of a golden yellow, edged with black, the feathers of which are 
erectile. It constructs on trees a globular nest, with a lateral open- 
ing, suspends itself to the branches in every position like a Parus, 
and keeps near our houses in winter}. 
A still smaller species has lately been observed, the yellow of 
which inclines more to orange, and which has a black streak before 
and behind the eye.—Regulus ignicapillus, Naum. 93, 4, 5, 6. 
Motac. trochilus, L.; Le Pouillot, Enl. 651, 1; Naum. 80, 3. 
Somewhat larger than the Roitelet, of the same colour, but without 
the crown; its habits are similar, but it has a more agreeable song, 
and disappears in winter. 
Motac. hypolais; Le grand Pouillot, Bechst. III, xxiv; Enl. 
581,2; Naum. 81,1. Isstill a little larger, and the abdomen more 
of a silvery appearance f. 
The species foreign to Europe are extremely numerous, and are 
very often agreeably coloured §. 
TrociopyteEs, Cuv. 
The only difference between the Wrens and the present subgenus is, 
that in the latter the bill is still a little more slender and slightly arcuated. 
But one species is found in Europe. 
Mot. troglodytes, L.; Roitelet, Enl. 651,2; Naum. 83, 4. (The 
European Wren). Brown, transversely striated with black; some 
white on the throat and the edge of the wing; a turned-up and short 
* Certain Fauvettes, European as well as foreign, such as the S. sarda, have a 
little circle round the eye. They form the genus ZosrEerops of Vigors and Hors- 
field. 
t+ Add the Roitelet omnicolor, Vieill. Galer. 166. 
t{ Add of European species: Mot. sibilatria, Col. 245, 3; Naum. 80, 2;—WM. filtis, 
Naum. 80, 3;—M. rufa, Naum. 80, 4. 
§ Such are the Tscheric, Vaill. 111, 121;—the Cou-jaune (Mot. pensilis), Enl. 685, 
5;—WMot. estiva, Eni. 58, 2;—the Mot. ludoviciana, Enl. 731, 2;—the Fig. @ poitrine 
jaune (Mot. mystacea), Enl. 709, 2, Edw. 237, 2;—the Fig. cendré du Canada (M. 
Canadensis), Enl. 685, 2;—the Fig. de Visle de France (M. mauritiana), Enl. 705, 1; 
—the Plastron noir, Vaill. 111, 123;—Sylvia venusta, Tem. Col. 293, 1;—S. speciosa, 
Ib. 2;—S. palbebrosa, Ib., &c. &e. Those whose bill is somewhat broad at the base, 
are closely allied to the narrow-billed Flycatchers. For the catalogue of species in 
the United States, see the Catalogue of Species by M. Ch. Bonaparte, Lyc. New York, 
July 11, 1826. p. 76, et seq. 
