GOLDCREST—FIRECREST—CHIFFCHAFF. 25 
were no coniferous trees in Hampshire excepting the yew 
and juniper. If the goldcrest lived here in those days it 
must have been restricted to the former tree. Its nest is 
now frequently found in the yew, and more rarely among 
the ivy on the trunk of a tree. 
22. Regultis ignicapilhis. Firecrest. 
A rare accidental visitor. 
In Mr. Hart's collection are specimens procured near 
Christchurch, on October 24th, 1887; November 27th, 
1884; and December 27th, 1884. 
More relates, that from a number of Regiili knocked 
down promiscuously out of a large flock that visited 
Freshwater in December, 1857, Mr. Beazley, the Ryde 
bird-stufifer, selected for preservation an adult male of the 
firecrest. 
The record in Bell's edition of White is probably an 
error, as the species is not included in Curtis' History of 
Alton. 
It need hardly be said that the cock goldcrest is 
frequently called a firecrest, but no doubt the rarer species 
is much overlooked. (Munn.) 
Genu s — Phylloscopiis. 
23. Phylloscopus rufus, ChifFchaff. 
A common summer visitor to all parts. 
One of the earliest spring migrants, often arriving in 
the middle of March ; it leaves us in early autumn. 
