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vania, and from thence to Cayenne,* it is likewise not uncommon in 

 Georgia, but according to Mr. Abbot, if the same, it is four inches 

 long, and weighs as far as three drachms, breadth seven inches ; 

 met with frequently in the woods there; but migrates northward 

 with the Sparrows to breed. 



This pretty species is said to be subject to variety in colour, as 

 Col. Montagu mentions a pair in the collection of Mr. Luscombe, of 

 Kingsbridge, Devon, which were of a cream-colour, with the usual 

 yellow crown, by which the sexes are distinguished, and adds, that 

 in Cornwall it is called Wood Titmouse, and in Devonshire, Tidly 

 Goldfinch.f 



59.-FIRE-CRESTED WREN. 



Roitelet, Poul Souci, Buf. iv. 363. pi. 16. 2. PL enl. 651. 3. 



Regulus cristatus, Vieill. Am. ii. p. 51. pi. 106. 



Sylvia ignicapilla, Roitelet triple Bandeau, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. p. 231. 



LENGTH three inches five lines. Plumage on the upper parts 

 olive-green, inclining to yellow on the sides of the neck ; on the top 

 of the head the feathers are narrow, long, and of a glowing fire-colour, 

 on each side of which it is deep black, above the eyes and beneath 

 them a white streak, and through the eye a narrow blackish one ; 

 forehead pale rufous; in other things it chiefly resembles the last 

 described. 



Inhabits France and Germany. — Described by M. Temminck as 

 distinct from the Gold-crested Wren ; and that it is found in the pine 

 and fir woods, as well as in the bushes, and not unfrequently in 

 gardens; not uncommon in France and Holland, but rarely seen 

 in Germany. In winter time is common among the pines and firs in 

 the Jardin du Roi, at Paris; and has the manners of the preceding 

 species. 



* The Specimen from Cayenne had the legs quite black. f Orn. Diet. 



