THE GOLD-CRESTS. 
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particular M which it to* «d b7S A 
therefore, and fir-wood, are sure 0 U* “^ “eMion, and 
Gold-Crests, whose ■* 1' 2“ deader twigs or 
the birds may be seen 4 in-, -little Mice the males now- 
climbing about the branches l.k 1 tfle « ’ tn 
and then stopping to emit a mustcal little 
Best. — This is a ^“““^“STbrfnch oTl'pme- or 
suspended, like a hamn > according to Mr. How-ard 
yew-tree, and ver, -wc »nceal leM> £ lh 8 e u p pe , surface 
Saunders, it has occa. . - , -Besides the green moss, 
of a branch, and even “"^^^sed^her materials, such 
of which the nest is generally . _ l wovetl i n the nest, and the 
as spiders’ webs and han, a branch on which 
h„ed with feathers. 
lt Eggs.-— From five to eight J 
dark isabelline, or crcriray \v d ^ q ’ d eggs this darker portion 
larger end. In the ^ clustered together 
p. 231 
the fire-crest, regulus igmcarillus. 
{Bale XVII., Fig- 2 ) 
Sylvia isnictim, Brehm, in Tcn.m, Man. d'Orn., 
Rentes iptkafims, M * cg ;’ i r es,£, B.Vur.fhl P- 459. 
1 J&Sfi °uS:. 
Saunders, Man., p- 57 ( ‘ - _ , wines and 
Adult Male. Bright yel'owish-green distinct . crown 
tail as in R. regulus, ^ Ji V f g h ‘ ad and a broad band of black 
golden-orange, ^thab^ feathers through the eye blackish, 
along each side of th f hite between it and the black 
with a conspicuous stieak ot wim 
