INTRODUCTION. 
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Hah. Northern Asia, India, Nepanl, China, Japan, and Formosa. Has occurred accidentally in Sweden, in 
Heligoland, and Berlin, and near Leyden. 
119. Reguloides calendula. 
Ruby-crowned Wren. 
All that is known respecting the occurrence of this species in our islands is comj)rised in tlie following 
note from Mr. R. Gray’s ‘ Birds of Western Scotland — 
“ In the summer of 1852, Dr. Dewar, of Glasgow, shot a specimen of this North-American species in 
Kenmore Wood, on the banks of Loch Lomond. The bird was exhibited at a meeting of the Natural- 
History Society of Glasgow on the 27th of April, 1858, and identified by me. Dr. Dewar stated that he 
had found it in company with a large flock of Goldcrests, and that he had shot a dozen birds altogether before 
he recognized the differences which this one presented. Dr. Bree, in his work on the birds of Europe, states 
that the Rev. H. B. Tristram has a Ruby-crowned Kinglet in his possession, which was given him in the 
flesh, and which was killed by a Durham pitman, in 1852, in Brancepeth woods; from this it would seem 
that a second example has occurred in this country.” 
Genus Regulus. 
The Golden-crested Wrens or Kinglets are a charming group of small birds inhabiting the northern 
regions of the Old and New Worlds. In their actions and in their mode of nidification they remind us of 
the ParidoB, or Tits ; but no one has yet, I believe, removed them from among the true Sylvian birds, nor 
shall I do so in the present work. England is tenanted by two species, which, with one or two others, are 
all that are known in the Old World ; in the new portion of the globe there may be as many more. In 
disposition they are as tame as they are sprightly and pleasing in their actions. They suspend a neat 
hammock-shaped nest beneath the branches of fir or other trees. Their eggs are numerous; and the 
progeny soon acquire the plumage of the adult. 
120. Regulus cristatus ........... Vol. II. PI. LXIX. 
Golden-crested Wren. 
A native of Europe, and doubtless other countries to the south and eastward. With us it is a resident 
species, and frequents alike the three kingdoms. 
121. Regulus ignicapillus .......... Vol. 11. PI. LXX. 
Fire-crested Wren. 
Very generally dispersed over the continent of Europe and North Africa ; it is purely an accidental 
vlsjtant to Britain. 
