AMERICAN GOLDEN-ORESTED KINGLET. 
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the first row of smaller coverts ; the base of all the quills, excepting the 
four outer, white ; from the seventh primary to the innermost secondary but 
two, a broad bar of blackish-brown. Tail of the same colour as the quills. 
Length 4- inches, extent of wings 7 ; bill along the back r -* 4 , along the 
edge -fa i tdia'Ua 
Adult Female. 
The female is somewhat smaller than the male, from which it differs in 
I external appearance, chiefly in having pure yellow substituted for the 
flame-colour of the crown, and in having less grey on the hind neck. 
If we compare the American Golden-crested Wren with the European, 
we find that they agree in general appearance, in the proportional length 
of the quills, and in the form of the tail, as well as that of the bill and legs. 
Their differences are the following. 
Regulus tricolor is longer by half an inch than R. cristatus, its bill is 
stronger and r V of an inch shorter, its claws are also stronger and shorter, 
and the flame-coloured patch on the head is more extended and brighter. 
The European species has never so much grey on the neck and back, and its 
lower parts are always more tinged with brownish-yellow. The other 
differences are not very obvious, but the difference in the size of the bill, 
were there no other characters, would be enough, in a family of birds so 
closely resembling each other as the Reguli, to point out the American as 
distinct from the European species. 
Thalia dealbata, Pursch , FI. Amer. Sept., vol. ii. p. 584. — Gynandria Monan- 
dria, Linn . — Orchide/E, Juss. 
This beautiful plant is a native of Georgia and South Carolina, where, 
according to Puksch, it was discovered by J. Millington, Esq., of the latter 
State. It is perennial, flowers in August and September, attains a height 
of four feet, and grows in swampy places. The leaves are large, ovate, 
with parallel oblique ribs, and a revolute apex ; the flowers are pale purple, 
in pairs, in a large panicle. I was indebted to Mr. Noisette for the 
specimen which I have represented. 
