FIRE-CRESTED WREN. 
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streaks across tlie face, wliicli have procured for it in France 
the expressive names of “ triple bandeau,” and “ roitelet a 
moustaches.” These three black streaks are thus disposed : 
the first extends from the base of the beak to the nape, 
passing through the eye; the second from the forehead to 
the back of the head, and bounds the orange crest; the third 
proceeds from the corner of the mouth and passes beneath 
the ear-coverts. Between these longitudinal black streaks 
are two white lines, the one above, the other beneath the eye. 
The crest is flame red, and the forehead yellowish-brown. 
The iris is dark brown, the beak black, and the inside of the 
mouth and tongue orange colour. The legs and feet are 
yellowish-brown, the soles yellow and rough. The upper 
plumage is yellowish-olive, including the back and scapulars ; 
the nape and sides of the neck are tinged with ash. The 
wings and tail are dusky, slightly bordered with yellow; the 
tertials are more broadly bordered with yellowish-white, ex¬ 
cept towards the base, where their outer web is dusky black, 
forming a dark spot. The coverts of the wfings are dusky, 
broadly bordered with greenish-white. The under parts are 
greyish-white, strongly tinged upon the breast and flanks with 
buff colour. The under coverts of the wings are pale grey. 
The female nearly resembles the male, but her crest and 
all her colours are paler and less distinctly marked. The 
young birds may always be distinguished from those of the 
golden-crested wren, by the bands across the sides of the head. 
In young birds the colours are more obscure, and the base of 
the beak is horn-colour. The beak, in this species, is always 
larger in proportion than in the preceding. 
The egg of this species is figured 74. 
