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PASSEEINKS. 



The Goldon-crested Kinglet [Motucillu rajidus, Linn.), Pig. 249, 

 iiibabit.s the woods and thickets of the cold and temperate 

 regions of the earth, where, among the twigs, with great agility 

 it searches for insects, on which it feeds. AVhile thus occupied 

 it emits a single shrill, feeble note, too often accepted by heart- 

 less boys as a tell-tale of its whereabouts. 



The European "Wren ('J)vi]IoJi/tes europaiis, Cuvier), Fig. 250, is 

 widely diffused over Europe, from Greenland to the southern j^arts 

 of Italy, and from Trebizond to the west coast of Ireland. Like 



Fig. 2.50. — The Common or Euuoiieau Wrc-ii \iUutucUui iroijiodyUK, Limi-). 



the Robin, it has become, in a sense, a sacred b'rd, and fV'W 

 venture to commit any outrage on the familiar little creature. 

 Its nest is found in all kinds of situations ; a favourite one 

 being under the turfed summit of a stone wall skirting a brook, 

 or on the edge of a wood or shrubbeiy. It is an elegant 

 structure, oval in form, and dome-shaped, with 1he entrance 

 at the side, tlie materials varying with the localit'S' ; but the 

 lining generally is soft, downy feathers. 



The AVood AVarbler, oi' Wood ~\Vren {MotdC/lla froc////ii>:, Ik^wiek ), 

 Fig. 251, is a delicate, active little bird, pretty generally difiirsed. 

 It is of retiring and imobtrusive manners, its favourite haunt being 

 among the willows and osiers wliieli skirt some sluggi.sh stream. 

 AVhile flitting about in such localities if emits a small chirping 



