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INSECTlVORyE. 
Fa in ily S YL VIA 
Genus Regulhs. (Ray.) 
Generic Characters . — Eealv very slender, short, straight, 
dilated at the base, and compressed towards the point; edge 
of the mandible slightly turned in; nostrils oval, covered by 
two small, stiff, arched feathers, with slightly disunited webs. 
Wings of moderate length, the first quill very short, the 
second and eighth equal, the fourth and fifth the longest in 
the wing. Legs slender; the middle toe united at its base 
with the external, the posterior the strongest of all; tail 
sloping, and composed of ten feathers. 
EUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. 
Ileyiilus calendula. 
Mot a cilia calendula, 
Regulus calendula, 
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Sylvia calendula, 
Le Roitelet rubric. 
LiNNiEUS. 
Lichtenstein. Audubon. 
Wilson. Bonauaete. 
Nuttall; Man., vol. i., p. 4.15. 
Bueeon, 373. 
Specific Characters . — General plumage like that of the other 
Goldcrests. The silky feathers of the crown of the head vermilion; 
under parts greyish white. Length four inches and a quarter; 
wing six inches; beak one third of an inch; tarsus three fourths 
of an inch. 
