152 TREATISE ON 



GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. 



SYLVIA REGULUS; LATHAM. MOTACILLA REGULUS; 



LINNiEUS; LE ROITELET, LE SOUCI ; BUFFON. 



This beautiful bird is perhaps the smallest in 

 Europe : it is certainly the least in Britain. — 

 Though its natural song is weak, the notes are 

 sweet, and may be rendered still more so by 

 placing the bird near other songsters. For this 

 reason, and for the beauty of its plumage, we 

 would recommend it to amateurs. The golden- 

 crested wren is rather common, more so at least 

 than is generally supposed. We have seen it in the 

 woods on Corstorphine Hill, near Edinbm-gh, in 

 the woods at Roslin, and other places in the neigh- 

 bourhood. Though so small, it braves the severest 

 winters of Britain, and even of countries situated 



