BUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. 163 



INSECTIVOR^. 



Family SYLVIIDJE. 



Genus Phylloscopus. (Ray.) 



KUBY-CEOWNED KINGLET. 



Phylloscopus calendula. 



Motacilla calendula, LiNN^us. 



Regulus calendula, LiCHTENSTEIN. AUDUBON. WiLSON. 



" " Bonaparte. Bree; ist. Edition. 



Sylvia calendula, Nuttall; Man., vol. i., p. 415. 



Le Roitelet rubris, Buffon, 373. 



Specific Characters. — General plumage like that of the other Goldcrests. 

 The silky feathers of the crown of the head vermilion; under parts greyish 

 white. Length four inches and a quarter; wing six inches; beak one third 

 of an inch; tarsus three fourths of an inch. 



The introduction of this beautiful and very distinct species of one 

 of tlie smallest birds of the new world into the European and British 

 fauna, may perhaps excite a smile of incredulity in some of my 

 readers. But the facts connected with its capture in the Scotch 

 Highlands are conclusive, and cannot admit of doubt. 



During my residence in Edinburgh, in 1859, I received a letter 

 from Mr. Robert Gray, of Glasgow, informing me that the "Ruby- 

 crested Wren" had been shot on the banks of Loch Lomond, by 

 Dr. Dewar. The original specimen had been presented to Mr. 

 Gould, but Mr. Gray kindly sent me an accurate and beautiful 

 drawing of the bird, made by Mr. Sinclair, which I have much 

 pleasure in introducing into my work. A notice of its capture I 

 had the pleasure of giving at one of the meetings of the Physical 

 Society. 



