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 The Green Wren. Regulus non Criftatus, 



Numb. LIX. 



ITS Weight two Drams, being in Length, from the 

 Tip of the Bill to the End of the Claws or Tail, which 

 is all one, fivQ Inches; in Breadth, when the Wings are 

 extended, feven Inches. 



The Head, Neck, Back, and Rump of the Cock are 

 of a dusky green ; the Chin and lide of the Face under 

 the Eyes yellowilh, with a Spot of the fame Colour on 

 each Side the Breaft near the fcapular or upper Part of 

 the Wing; the Breaft, Belly, and Thighs are very white: 

 a yellowifh Line is produced from the Noftrils above the 

 Eyes almofl: to the hinder Part of the Head ; the Wings 

 have eighteen prime Feathers of a dusky Colour having 

 their out Edges green ; the Tail is two Inches long made 

 up of twelve Feathers of the fame Colour of the Wings. 



The Bill llender, ftreight, lliarp of a dusky Colour ; 

 the upper Mandible fomewhat longer and hooked in the 

 Cock, in the Hen not ; the Noftrils large ; the Legs and 

 Feet fmall of a dusky amber Colour in the Cock, the 

 Hen's black. Its Food is Infe6ts ; it fings like a Graf- 

 hopper, and frequents Woods and folitary Place fitting 

 on the Tops of Oaks. 



It builds its Neft of Mofs and Straws, lined with Hair 

 and a few Feathers: it lays five Eggs all over freckled 

 with red Specks. The Hen is of the fame Colours with 

 the Cock but more dusky. 



