SYLVIA REGULUS. 
GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. 
Generic Character. -See Sylvia luscinia. 
Synonyms. 
Sylvia Regulus. Ind. Orn. 548. 
MoTAciLLA Regulus. Lin. Si/st. 1. p. 338. 
Golden-Crested Wren. Br.Zooim. Lath Syn. 
4. p. 508. Bewick's Br. Birds, Pt, 1. 
p. 233. Mont. Orn. Diet. 
Egg. Ovarium Brit. Pt. I. 
This is the smallest British bird, being in length little 
more than three inches; weighs about seventy grains : bill 
slender, straight, having an inclination upwards; eyes 
remarkably lively ; the feathers on the crown are long, 
forming a crest of a bright gold colour, which appears 
brighter by being contrasted with a band of black, passing 
from the eyes to the extremity of the crest ; this band it can 
erect at pleasure, and with it at times nearly obscures the 
crest; legs slender. In the female the crest is of a pale 
yellow, and the colours in general incline to brown. 
This beautiful diminutive species is very common 
throughout this kingdom ; it braves our severest winters, 
and may be often observed sitting on the branch of some 
large 
