1-20 REGULUS CRISTATUS. 
black ; the feet dusky ; the toes and nails wax cok>® r ,.' 
the irides are dark brown. The frontlet is dull whih s , 
gray, extending in a line over and beyond the ef’\ 
above this is a wide black line, confluent on the 
enclosing on the crown a wide longitudinal space 
lemon yellow, erectile, slender feathers, with disun'^t 
webs; a dusky line passes through the eye, belie*, j 
which is a cinereous line, margined below by a nan' 0 ’ 1 , 
dusky one. The cervix and upper part of the body ** 
dull olive green, tinged with yellowish on the ro of 
The whole inferior surface is whitish; the featb c f 
like those of the superior surface, being blackish-plu" , 
eons at base. The lesser and middling wing coverts 
dusky, margined with olive green, and tipped , 
whitish; the greater coverts are dusky, the outer ofl* 9 
immaculate, the inner ones have white tips, which 
a band on the wings. The inferior wing coverts, a®, 
all the under surface of the wings, are more or l 6 * 9 
whitish gray; the primaries are dusky, with a narr<>1 
greenish yellow outer margin, wider at base, *® 
attenuated to the tip, where it is obsolete. T®* 
secondaries are dusky; on the outer web, they **!? 
whitish near the base, then black, then with a green' 9 
yellow margin, extending nearly to the tip ; the mai# 1 ® 
of the inner web is white j the secondaries nearest ^ 
the body are, moreover, whitish on the terminal marg it ' 
The tail is emarginated ; the feathers are dusky oli v ‘’ 
green on the margin of the outer web ; the 
margins, with the exception of the two middle oO eS ’ 
are whitish. 
Until their first moult, the young of both sexes K ' 
much like the adult female, except in beino- destitute 0 
the yellow spot on the crest, which is greenish oil®®' 
In this state, however, they are not seen here, as 
breed farther to the north, and moult before the® 
arrival in the autumn. 
