206 WARBLER. 



the fore part of the neck pale ash-colour; breast and belly greenish ; 

 towards the vent and sides pale yellow ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits Cayenne in the winter; and frequents low trees, and 

 shrubs in the Savannahs, that are not too wet; said to be at all times 

 about the River Plata and Paraguay, among the shrubs ; but Azara's 

 bird is described as having white in the crown, not yellow. 



274— RUBY-CROWNED WREN. 



Sylvia Calendula, Lid. Orn. ii. 549. 

 Motacilla Calendula, Lin. i. 337. Gm. Lin. i. 994. 

 Calendula Pennsylvania, Bris. iii. 584. Id. 8vo. i. 473. 

 Regulus rubineus, Vieill. Am. ii. pi. 104. 105. 

 Le Roitelet rubis, Bnf. v. 373. 

 Bee-fin, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxviii. 



Ruby-crowned Wren, Gen. Syn. iv. 511. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 320. Edw. pi. 254. 2. 

 Bartr. Trav. p. 290. Shaw's Zool. x. 760. 



THIS is larger than the European Gold-crested Wren ; length 

 four inches ; weight four drachms. Bill near half an inch long, 

 dusky; on the crown a spot of ruby red, not bordered on the sides 

 with black ; plumage above olive, with a tinge of brown, the rump 

 paler; across the wings two yellowish bands; the under parts of the 

 body yellowish white, inclining most to yellow on the breast ; quills 

 and tail feathers dusky, edged with pale green ; legs dusky. 



The female, and young male have no red on the head. 



Inhabits North America ; found as far north as Hudson's Bay, 

 feeding on the insects which frequent the Spruce Trees, which it 

 runs up in the manner of a Titmouse. Not uncommon in South 

 Carolina and Georgia, in the swamps, and oak woods, in winter; is 

 perpetually in motion, searching after insects, often fluttering at the 

 end of the twigs ; the nest is composed of various matters, and 

 covered with liver-wort of different kinds, very neat, and well put 

 together, and not unlike that of our Gold-crested Wren, being sus- 

 pended between the forks of the branches of low trees in a similar 



