SYLVIIN^. REGULUS. 151 
li larv8B. One species is common in Britain, and one or two 
I individuals of two others have been met with there. 
I 86. Begulus aitkicapillus. Gold-crowned Kinglet. 
I Plumage of the upper parts light yellowish-brown, of the 
lower pale brownish-grey ; the top of the head silky and red- 
dish-orange, with a longitudinal band on each side of black 
feathers, of which the inner webs of the inner are lemon-yel- 
low ; the cheeks yellowish-grey. Female similar, but with 
i the crown lemon-yellow. Young without yellow on the head, 
I its upper part being light greyish-brown, with two lateral 
j bands of greyish-black. 
I Male, 3;|-, 6^, 2|, Female, 3^, 6. 
Generally abundant in woods, especially those of pine and 
fir, in all parts of Britain, but especially in Scotland, where it 
remains all the year. In winter it moves about in troops, of- 
ten associating with Titmice, the Creeper, and other small 
birds. It is indigenous even in Orkney and Shetland, where 
there are no woods. Its song is short and feeble, its flight ra- 
pid, all its motions lively, and it clings to the twigs in all 
postures. Occasionally it betakes itself to low bushes, as 
broom and furze, or even heath. The nest is large, globular, 
formed of moss and lichens, interwoven with wool or hairs, and 
lined with feathers. The eggs, from five to eight, are broadly 
ovate, nearly six- twelfths in length, and nearly five-twelfths in 
breadth, brownish or reddish-white, darker at the larger end. 
Golden-crested Wren. Marygold Finch. Tidley Goldfinch. 
Motacilla Eegulus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, 338. — Sylvia Begu- 
lus, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. i. 229. — B^ulus cristatus. Id. 
Ibid. iii. 157. — Begulus auricapillus. Gold-crowned Kinglet, 
MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, ii. 408. 
87. Begulus ignicapillus. Fire-Crowned Kinglet. 
Plumage of the upper parts light yellowish-brown, of the 
lower pale brownish-grey ; the top of the head silky and red- 
dish-orange, with a longitudinal band on each side of black 
feathers, the inner webs of some of which are pale yellow ; 
the cheeks yellowish-grey ; a black band in the loral space, 
and behind the eye, a narrower dusky band from the base of 
the lower mandible. F emale with the crown dull pale orange, 
and the dusky bands on the cheek obscure. 
TVTnlck^ll 93 3 8 9 5 
male, ^4? ^ 4 * 
This species, easily distinguished by the two black bands on 
each side of the head, but otherwise very similar to the last. 
