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CRESTED, or GOLDEN WREN. 
Defcriptmi and Character, iff c. 
HE Crefted, or Golden Wren, 5s faid to 
be the fmallefr bird found in this king- 
dom, not weighing more than three drams, and 
has a {lender ftraight black bill ; it lias an ex- 
ceeding beautiful Email row of feathers on the 
top of the head, of a fine gold or orange co- 
lour ; which it has a power of drawing together 
in fuch a manner, as entirely to conceal the lit- 
tle crelt, by laying the feathers all fiat upon the 
head, and likewife to raife them at pleasure; 
the form of them is long, as they take their 
rife from the bafe of the bill, and extend them- 
lelves to the back of the head, on each fide of 
which there runs a black line : the eyes are en- 
circled with white, the fides of the neck of a 
fine fhining yellowifh green, the breath of a 
dutky white •, the back is of a green ifh colour, 
with a mixture of yellow. The quill-feathers 
ot the wings are of a dutky brown, with fome 
of their edges yellow, others white, the tips of 
tome of thofe next to the covert feathers are al- 
io white, the tips of ferae of the coverts being 
