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REGULUS IGNICAPILLUS. 



(FIRE-CRESTED WREN.) 



Sylvia ignicapilla, C. L. Brehm, in Teram. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 232 (1820) 

 Regulus ignicapillus (Br.), Meyer, Taschenb. Deutsch. Vogelk. iii. p. 109 (1822). 

 Regulus pyocephalus, Meyer, Beitr. Vogelk. ii. p. 130, pi. 1. rig. 1 (1822). 

 Regulus mystaceus, Vieill. Faun. Franc, p. 231 (1822, partim). 

 Regulus nilsonii, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 482 (1831). 

 Regulus brachyrhynchos, C. L. Brehm, torn. cit. p. 483 (1831). 



Fire-crested Wren, Fire-crested Regulus, English ; Roitelet a triple bandeau, French ; Feuer- 

 kopjiges Goldhdhnchen, German ; Regolo, Italian ; Zieniel, Maltese ; Estrellina, Spanish ; 

 Estrellinha, Portuguese ; Ilet Vuurgoudhaantje, Dutch ; Corolek crasnovolosey, Russian. 



Figures notabiles. 



D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 651. fig. 3; Werner, Atlas, Insectivores, pi. 61; Kjserbolling, Orn. 

 Dan. taf. 54. fig. 5; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 19. figs. 1, 2; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. 

 taf. 93. figs. 4, 5, 6 ; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 148. fig. 2 ; id. B. of G. Brit. ii. pi. lxx. ; 

 Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. pi. 124; Roux, Orn. Prov. pi. 235. 



J 1 ad. fronte ad basin rostri grisescenti-albida, vertice aurantiaco fascia nigra utrinque marginato, a naribus 

 supra oculos ad nucham stria albida, et stria albida indistincta ad basin rostri sub oculis : loris et stria 

 per oculos ducta nigricantibus, et ad basin mandibulse stria indistincte nigrS, : facie laterali reliqua gri- 

 sescente : corpore supra et subtiis ut in Regulo cristato, sed collo lateraliter pulchre flavicanti-viridi. 



? ad. mari similis, sed vertice luteo et corpore supra pallidiore. 



Adult Male in summer (Altenkirchen, Coblentz, 19th May, 1874). Back, nape, scapulars, and rump rich 

 dark olive-green, becoming lighter, almost rich golden-green on the sides of the neck below the nape; 

 quills dark blackish brown, externally edged with greenish yellow ; primary coverts tipped with white, 

 and the edge of the wing below the carpus also white ; secondaries at the base white, slightly washed 

 with yellowish green, and below this black, this latter forming an indistinct black patch across the 

 secondaries ; tail blackish brown, with narrow yellowish green margins to most of the feathers ; fore- 

 head, at the base of the bill greyish white, beyond which is a narrow black line joining the sides of the 

 crest, where it broadens, forming a broad black streak on each side of the crown, bordering a crest of 

 elongated feathers covering the centre of the head rich flame-orange in colour, narrowly bordered 

 with yellow ; from the forehead above and beyond the eye to the nape a greyish white streak passes, 

 and another less distinct streak from the base of the bill below the eye ; lores and a streak through 

 and behind the eye blackish, and another small blackish streak passes from the base of the lower 

 mandible downwards and backwards ; sides of the head otherwise greyish ; underparts greyish white, 

 on the throat slightly washed with yellowish grey ; bill blackish ; iris hazel ; legs dark brown. Total 

 length about 3-5 inches, culmen 0*42, wing 2-12, tail 1-75, tarsus 07. 



