346 SYLVIAD A. 
INSESSORES. SYLVIADE. 
DENTIROSTRES. 
THE GOLDEN CRESTED REGULUS. 
Regulus cristatus. 
Sylvia Regulus, Golden Crested Warbler, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 514. 
Motacilla ,, es 3» Wren, Montagu, Ornith. Dict. 
x 3 ss Ee sf Berwick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 270. 
Regulus cristatus, 4, Crowned ,, Fem. Brit. An. p. 72. 
auricapillus, Gold Crested Regulus, Srey, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 229. 
JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p- 113. 
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» vulgaris, 4, 1p Wren, Govuxp, Birds of Europe, pt. iii. 
Sylvia Regulus Roitelet ordinaire, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 229. 
Regulus eristatus, es os >»  Suppt- ou 3eme pt. p. 157. 
ReEGuLus. Generic Characters.—Beak slender, straight, the edges dilated at 
the base, compressed towards the point. Nostrils basal, lateral, oval, partly 
covered by small feathers directed forwards. Wings of moderate length: the 
first quill-feather very short ; the second shorter than the third ; the fourth or 
fifth the longest in the wing. Legs rather slender ; feet with three toes before, 
one behind ; the outer toe joined at its base to the middle toe ; claws curved 
and sharp. : 
