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FEMALE GOLDEN-CROWNED GOLD-CREST. 
FEMALE GOLDEN-CROWNED GOLD-CREST REGULUS 
CRISTATUS — Plate II. Fig. 4. 
Wilson's American Ornithology.) i. p. 126, pi. 8, fig. 2, for the male. — Motaclllare- 
gulus, Linn. Syst. i. p. 338, sp. 48. Gmel. Sysi. i. p. 995, sp. 48. — Sylvia 
regulus. Lath. Ind. p. 548, sp. 152. Temm. Man. d' Orn. p. 229. Ranzani, 
Elem. di Zool. iii. part 5, p. 105, pi. 16, fig. 3. — Regulus cristatus, Ray, Syn. 
p. 79, sp. 9. Aldr. Orn. ii. p. 649. Will. Orn. p. 163, pi. 42. Vieill. 
Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxix. p. 420. — Regulus vulgaris, Stephens, Cont. of 
Shaw's Zool. XX. p. 758, pi. 59. — Parus calendula, Regulus cristatus vulgo dicta, 
Rriss. Av. iii. p. 579, sp. 17. — Le Roitelet, Gerardin, Tahl. Elem. d'Orn. i. p. 
318, sp. 26,' pi. 15, (not of Buff. Ois. v. pi. 363, pi. 16, fig. 2, nor PI. Enl. 
651, fig. 3, whicli represent Sylvia ignicapilla of Brehm.) — Regolo, Storia degli 
uccelli, iv. pi. 390. — Gold-crested Wren, Lath. Syn. ii. part 2, p. 508, sp. 145. 
Penn. Brit. Zool. sp. 153. Penn. Arct. Zool. sp. 321. — Golden-crowned Wren, 
Edw. Glean, v. p. 95, pi. 254, lower fig. male. Philadelphia Museum, No. 
7246, male j No. 7247, female. 
REGULUS REG[7LOIDES.— Jardine.* 
For male and note, see vol. i. p. 127. 
Two distinct species of gold-crest have been, until lately, 
considered by naturalists as but one. Are they both inhabit- 
ants of this continent ? and, if not, which is the American 
species ? These questions cannot be readily answered, since 
we have nothing better than negative evidence to offer relative 
to the first. The present female, however, is decisive as to 
which of them inhabits this country, and we have therefore 
concluded, that the faithful representation in the accompanying 
plate will be acceptable to ornithologists. A slight inspection 
of this specimen leaves no doubt as to its being the female of 
the Regulus cristatus; and, should the Regulus ignicapillusy 
* For the distinctions of the American bird, and the true R. cristatus, see as 
noted above. The Prince of Musignano is now aware of the distinctions be- 
tween the American and British species, which he will himself detail hereafter. 
The R. ignicapillus has not yet been discovered in America, unless the bird 
which Mr Audubon has figured as R. Cuverii may prove to be it ; but which 
it is impossible to determine from the plate alone. — Ed. 
