514 



GOLDEN CRESTED WARBLER. Class IL 



10. GoLDEKT Sylvia. Regulus. S. virescens. 

 Crested. remigibus secundarus exte- 



riori margine flavis, medio 



albis, verdce luteo. Lath. 



hid. orn. 548. id. Si/n. iv. 



508. 

 La Soulcie. Belon av. 345. 

 Tettigon. ohs. 12. 

 Regulus. Gesner av. 1'2'J, 

 Fior rancio. Olina, 6. 

 Aldr. av. ii. SgO. 

 JFil. orn. 227. 

 Ttaii Syn. av. JQ. 

 Edw. av, 254. 

 Cat. Carol, app. 36, 37. 



Kratllch. ScopoH, No. 240. 



Le Poul, ou SoucI, ou Roi- 

 telet hupe. Calendula. Bris^ 

 svn av. iii. 57g. Hist, d'ois. 

 y. 363. PL Enl. 651. f. 3. 



Motacilla Regulus. Gm. Lin. 

 995. 



Koiigsfogel. Faun. Suec. sp. 

 262. 



Sommer Zaunkoenig (Sum- 

 mer Wren). Frisch, i. 24. 



Goldhannel. Kram. 378. 



Fugle-Konge. Br. 283, 



Br. Zool. 101. plate S. f. 3. 

 Arct. Zool. ii. IO9. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



XlilS is the lest of the Bi^itish birds, weigh- 

 ing only seventy-six grains. Its length is three 

 inches and a half; the breadth five inches; it 

 may readily be distinguished from all other birds, 

 not only by its size, but by the beautiful scarlet 

 mark on the head, bounded on each side by a 

 fine yellow line. The bill is dusky ; the feathers 

 of the forehead are green ; from the bill to the 

 eyes is a narrow white line ; the back and the 

 hind part of the neck are of a dull green ; the 

 coverts of the wings dusky, edged with green 

 and tipt with white ; the quil feathers and tail 

 dusky, edged with pale green. The throat and 

 lower part of the body white, tinged with green; 



