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Motacilla calendula, Lin. Syji. i. p. 337. N° 47. RUBY- 



Le Poul, ou Souci de Penfilvanie, Brif. orn. iii. p. 584. N° 18. CROWNED WR. 



Le Roitelet rubis, Buf. oif. v. p. 373. 

 Ruby-crowned Wren, Ed<w. pi. 254. f. z. — Aril. Z00L 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



HP H I S is much larger than the laft, and is an inch longer. Description, 



The bill is almoft half an inch long, and dufky : on the 

 crown of the head is a fpot of a ruby-red colour, not bordered 

 with black, as in the laft : the upper parts are olive, but have a 

 tinge of brown ; paleft on the rump : the under parts are yel- 

 lowifh white, inclining moft to yellow on the bread : acrofs the 

 wings two yellowifti bands : quills and tail much as in the laft 

 fpecies : the legs brown. 



The female has no red on the head. Femaie; 



This inhabits North America. Feeds on the infects which Place. 



frequent the Spruce-trees, and runs up the trees in the manner 

 of a Titmoufe. 



Buffon mentions a bird which was fent from Louifiana, and he Variety* j 

 thinks a variety ; it differs chiefly in having the hind part of the 

 head environed with a crown of crimfon. 



Mention is alfo made by Kolben of a red-headed Wren, at the 

 Cape of Good Hope. This, he fays, is bigger than the Blue Tit- 

 moufe; that it has the wings black, and the legs reddifh. As 

 this is the whole that he fays, it is uncertain whether it is a va- 

 riety of any of the preceding, or a feparate fpecies. 



There is alfo a fcarlet-crefted Titmoufe, fent from Groenland 



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