RARER BRITISH BIRDS. 
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FIRE-CRESTED WREN. 
Regulus Ignicapillus. Brisson. 
In the “ Proceedings of the Zoological Society, for August 14, 
1832, ” is the first notice of this bird as a British species, by 
the Rev. L. Jennyns, who exhibited an immature specimen, and 
gave the following account : — “ In its adult state, this Wren is 
readily distinguishable from the more common gold-crested one, 
by the existence, on each side of the face, of three streaks, 
the upper and lower of which are white, and the interme- 
diate one black ; as well as by the crest on its head being 
of a more deep and brilliant orange. In the immature state, 
it may be distinguished by its somewhat smaller size ; by its 
bill, which is much longer, and also broader at the base ; 
by the first quill feathers being somewhat longer ; and by the 
greater size, both in length and breadth, of the tail.” 
The individual exhibited was killed by a cat, at Swaffham, 
in Cambridgeshire. It is probable, however, although this is 
the only specimen at present recorded, that the bird before 
