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OUR HOME BIRDS. 
flowers, and partly because he has his own plans in 
regard to the numerous winged insects that also have 
a fancy for flower-tops. 
“ There is also a golden-crested wren (Fig. 9), just 
Fig. 9. — Golden-crested Wren. 
the same size and very beautiful. His color is a fine 
yellow-olive, diversified with a very little ash-color, 
black, and white. 4 On his head, between two little 
strips of black, lies a bed of glossy golden yellow, 
which, being parted a little, exposes another of a 
bright flame-color extending over the whole upper 
part of the head ; when the little warbler flits among 
the branches in pursuit of insects, he opens and shuts 
this golden ornament with great adroitness, which 
produces a striking and elegant effect/ 
