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HECULUS CRISTATUS. 
141. EUGVhUS CRISTATUS, BAT STTriA REGULUS, WII.SO’''' 
GOtnEN-CRESTKD WREX. 
WILSON, PLATE Till. FlC. IJ. — MALE. — EDINBURGH COLLEGE 
This diminutive species is a frequent associate 
brown creeper, and seems to be almost a citizen * 
the world at larg'e, baviug- been found not only in Nof' ^ 
and South America, the West Indies, and Europe, 
even ill Africa and India. The specimen from Eurep^’ 
in Mr Peale’s collection, appears to be in noth”’i 
specifically differeiit from the American ; and the veb 
accurate description given of this bird, by the Count 
Biiffon, agrees in every respect with ours. Here, ' 
Europe, it is a bird of ))assage, making its first app‘ ^ 
ance in Pennsylvania early in April, among the blosso'^j 
of the maple, often accompanied by the ruby-rroo'''t.| 
wren, which, except in the markings of the head, 
very much resembles. It is very frequent among e’^j 
greens, such as the pine, spruce, cedar, juniper, 
in the fall, is generally found in company with the t’j 
species of titmouse, iirown creeper, and small 
woodpecker. It is an active, unsusjiiciou.s, and dilirf.j., 
little creature, climbing and hanging, occasionaW^ 
among the hranches, and sometimes even on the 
of the tree, in search of the larva? of insects attached ^ 
the leaves and stems, and various kinds of small 
wliii h it frequently seizes on wing. As it retire.s sC 
tarther north to breed, it is seldom seen in PennsyP'^j. 
froni May to October ; hut is then numerous in orch— | 
which, 
feeding among the leaves of the apple trees, i, 
that season, are infested n ith vast numbers of ^*"‘,[1 
black-winged insect.s. Its chirp is feeble, not 
louder than that of a mouse ; though, where it hrc^ 
the male is said to have a variety of sprightly i*® ‘j, 
It builds its nest frequently on the hranches 0* ij 
evergreen, covers it entirely round, leaving a 
hole on one side for entrance, forming it ontwardP' 
moss and lichens, and lining it warmly with do® 
