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ORD. III. GEN. XI. WARBLER. 



SPE. XIX. GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. 



PI. 1 1 6. 



Motacilla regulus. Lin. Syft. I. p. 338. 



Le Poul, ou Souci, ou Roitelet huppe. Br if. Orn. III. p. 579. 



This bird is ftill fmalier than the common wren, being in length only three 

 inches and half, and weighing not more than feventy-fix grains. The bill is 

 dufky : the eyes hazel : the feathers of the forehead green : along the middle 

 of the crown is a fine fcarlet line, bounded on each fide by a line of fine yellow, 

 and this again fkirted with black : the back and hind part of the neck yellowifli 

 green : the wing coverts dufky, edged with green, and tipped with white : 

 quill and tail feathers dufky, edged with pale green, and fome of the inner fea- 

 thers have blackifh edges : the legs are yellowifli : the claws very long. 



The female is paler in colour than the male, and the crown of the head 

 wants the fcarlet. 



For the egg, fee PI. XXVI. Fig. 4. 



