ClafsII, GOLDEN-CRESTED , >T 25; 



IX. The GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. 



La Soulcie. Belon a<v. 345. Le Poul, ou Souci, ou Roitelet 



Tettigor.. obf. 12. hupe, Calendula. B'-ijjon a<u. 



Regulus. Gefner a<v. 727. iii. $79. 



Fior rancio. Olina 6. Motacilla regulus. Lin./yfi. 338. 



Aldr. a<v. ii. 290. Kongsfogel. Faun. Suec.jp. 262. 



Wil. orn 227. Goldhar.nei. Kram. 378. 



Raiifyn. a<v. 79. Fugle-Konge. Br. 205. 



■EdW. at^ 254. Br. Zoo/. 101. plate S. f. 3. 

 C«/. C«ro/. «^. 36. 3?. 



^ I J HIS is the left of the Britijh birds, weighing 

 only feventy-fix grains. Its length is three 

 inches and a half-, the breadth five inches : it may 

 readily be diftinguifhed from all other birds, not only 

 by its fize, but by the beautiful fcarlet mark on the 

 head, bounded on each fide by a fine yellow line. 

 The bill is dufky : 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 dufky edged 

 with green and tipt with white : the quil-feathers D s f cr# 

 and tail dufky edged with pale green. The throat 

 and lower part of the body white tinged with green : 

 the legs dull yellow : the claws very long. It fre- 

 quents woods, and is found principally in oak trees* 

 Though fo fmall a bird it indures our winters, for we 

 have frequently ken it later than Chrijlmas. 



We have obferved this bird fufpended in the air for 

 a confiderable time over a bufh in flower, whilit ic 

 fung very melodioufiy. The note does not much dif- 

 fer from that of the common wren. 



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