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BIRDS. PASSERES, 
Regulus. 
light hazel. Back and wing-covers dark brown, edged with nifous brown. 
Belly dirty white. Female^ with brown spots on the head. Nest in hedges, 
of moss and wool, or fibrous roots, lined with hair. Eggs 4 or 5, blue. — This 
bird sings early in the season, and sweetly, and prefers the neighbourhood of 
houses. 
As a straggler, connected with this genus, the Accentor dlpinus may be no- 
ticed, It differs in the plumage above, being grey, with large brown spots on 
the back, and in the bill being black at the point, and yellow at the base. The 
feet are yellow. — In the first number of Zool. Journ.^ p. 134., it is stated, that 
a female of this kind had been shot lately in the garden of King’s College, 
Cambridge ; it is now preserved in the Ilev. Dr Thackeray’s collection of 
British birds.” 
Gen. XXXIII. REGULUS.— Bill straight, slender, subu- 
late- 
69. R. cristatiis. Golden-crowned Wren.— Crown orange, 
cheeks grey. 
Will. Orn. 163 — Golden-crested Wren; Penn. Brit. Zool. 379 — Sylvia 
Regulus, Temm. Om. i. 229.; R, Marygold Finch; IF, Yswigw, Sy- 
wigw. — Resident. Generally distributed. 
Length 4^, breadth 6| inches ; weight under 80 grains. Bill and legs black. 
Irides hazel. Plumage above olive, shaded Avith cinereous towards the head. 
The yellow crown surrounded Avith a black margin. Belly cinereous, more 
or less tinged with brown and yellow. Quills greyish brown, edged with 
green. At the base of the secondaries is a black bar, above which the covers 
are tipped with white, forming a narrow Avhite band ; above that the smaller 
covers are black, tipped with white. Tail dusky, with greenish edges. In 
thefermle the crown is yeUow, and its edges more cinereous than black. Nest 
on trees, composed of green moss interwoven Avith wool, and lined with small 
feathers. Eggs 7 to 10, brownish white, darker at the thick end. — This is a 
restless bird, and its notes are sweet, though weak. 
70. R. TrocMlus. Yellow Wren. — Plumage, above, green- 
ish-yeUow brown. Over the eye a faint yellow^ streak. Legs 
brown. 
R. non cristatus. Will. 164. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 378 — Sylvia Hippolais. 
Temm. Orn. i. 222 — R, Willow Wren, Ground Wren, Ground Huck- 
much ; IF, Drywr helyg, Sy wider — A regular summer visitant. 
Length 5| inches; weight 2| drams. Bill diisky above, yellowish beneath. 
Plumage below white, tinged with yellow ; on the breast a few yellow streaks. 
Quills dusky brown, edged with yellow; covers and thighs yelloAv. Tail dus- 
ky, edged with yellow. Nest oval, with the opening near the top, placed at 
the bottom of a bush, and composed of moss and dried grass. Eggs 6 or 7> 
white, spotted with light rust colour towards the larger end. 
71. R. Hippolais, Lesser Pettychaps.—PIumage, above, 
greenish brown, with a tinge of yeUow, Over the eye a faint 
yellow streak. Legs dusky. 
Ficedula septima. Will. Orn. 158. Ray. Syii. Avium, 19. Orn. Diet. 
-—Sylvia trochilus, Temm. i. 224.-— Chip Chop ; iS', White Wren.— - 
A regular summer visitant. 
Length 4|, breadth 7 inches ; weight 124 grains. Bill brownish-black, in- 
