FEMALE golden-crowned gold-crest. 119 
t,le reader may be assured of the specific 
erence between these two birds, I add a short 
’"Pot'utive description. The Regulus cristatus has 
}i *' mil very feeble, and quite subulate ; whilst that ot 
'p, e ■/nicapilluft is also subulate, but is wider at. base. 
°e cheeks of the former are pure cinereous, without 
.j ■ "bite lines, having only a single blackish one 
l/'V’K'h the eye ; those of the latter, in addition to the 
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line through the eye, have a pure white one 
and another below, whence Temminck calls it 
triple bandeau . The English name also may 
/ drived from this character, or the bird may rather 
-j, called fire-crowned gold-crest, from its Latin name. 
v 'j!‘ crest of the male golden-crowned gold-crest is 
L'"' v isli orange, that of the fire-crowned is of the 
r°st vivid orano-e; but the most obvious difference is 
a I e en the females, that of the golden-crowned having 
cer 011 yellow crest, which, in the female of its 
le» ® e . r ' er > is orange, like that of the male, only much 
a ' s ' ivid. The cheek bands of the female fire-crowned 
fel! f n ° means so obvious, as in its mate; thus the 
c^ ale of this species resembles the male golden- 
1 ®' v , n ed, than which the colours of its crest are not 
is ! iUiant. If, to these traits, we add, that the latter 
uV'Wle laro-er we shall complete the enumeration ot 
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rp ^ nercnces. 
u . ' e two species are also somewhat distinguished by 
Wanner of living. The golden-crowned gold-crest 
M,°. Cla tes in small hands, consisting of a whole family , 
L 1 the fire-crowned is only observed in pairs. I he 
t f cr is more shy, and frequents the tops of the highest 
am >S ’ "'Pereas, the former is more generally observed 
. ong s t l ovv branches and bushes; the voice ot tie 
) ‘“'Crowned ir 0 ld-crest is also stronger. Their nests, 
, "[ever, arc both of the same admirable construction, 
a av ' n S the entrance on the upper part; but the eggs 
ai _ e different in colour, and those of the fire-crowned 
® fewer in number. . , . , 
fhe female n-olden-crowned gold-crest is three inches 
tttt'ee quarters long? and six in extent, The bill is 
