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claws rather long, arched, much compressed, acute. Plumage 
very loose and full. Short bristles at the base of the bill. 
Feathers of the head elongated and silky in the adults. Wings 
of ordinary length, with the first quill very small, the fourth 
and fifth longest. Tail of ordinary length, emarginate. 
131. 1. Regulus Cuvieri, Aud. Cuvier’s Kinglet. 
Plate LV. Male, 
Upper parts dull greyish-olive ; anterior part of forehead, lore, and 
a line behind the eye, black; a greyish- white band across the forehead 
over the eye ; a semilunar band of black on the forehead and sides of 
the head, enclosing a vermilion space ; wings and tail dusky, edged 
with greenish-yellow ; secondary coverts, and first row of small 
coverts tipped with greyish-white ; lower parts greyish- white. 
Male, 4i, 6. 
Pennsylvania. Only one specimen found. 
Cuvier’s Crested Wren, Regulus Cuvierii, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 416. 
Cuvier’s Regulus, Regulus Cuvierii, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 288. 
132. 2. Regulus Satrapa, Lichtenstein. American Golden- 
crested Kinglet. 
Plate CLXXXIII. Male and Female. 
Male with the upper parts yellowish-green, changing to ash-grey on 
the neck and sides of the head, to greenish-yellow on the rump ; a 
band of greyish- white across the anterior part of the forehead, which, 
at the eye, separates into two bands, one extending over, the other 
under the eye ; above this, a broadish band of black, also margining 
the head on either side ; the inner webs and tips of the feathers of 
this black band pure yellow ; the crown of the head, in the in- 
cluded space, bright orange with silky gloss ; a dusky spot at the 
anterior angle of the eye ; an obscure dusky line from the angle of the 
mouth to beneath the eye ; quills and coverts dusky, the former mar- 
gined with greenish-yellow ; secondary coverts and first row of small 
coverts broadly tipped with yellowish- white ; base of all the quills, 
except the four outer yellowish-white ; from the seventh primary to 
the innermost secondary but two, a broad bar of blackish-brown ; 
tail dusky, the feathers edged with greenish-yellow, lower parts 
greyish- white. Female differs chiefly in having pale yellow substi- 
tuted for the flame colour of the crown, and less grey on the hind 
neck. Young without coloured feathers on the head. 
Male, 4, 7. 
Breeds in Labrador and Newfoundland. In autumn migrates to the 
Southern States, as far as Texas. Columbia River. 
