GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. 
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on the banks of the Schuylkill, not far from Philadel- 
phia. Its manners appeared similar to those of the pre- 
ceding species. 
Length 4^ inches, alar extent 6. Front, and line through the eye 
extending to the back of the neck, black. Wings and tail dusky, edged 
with yellowish-white; two narrow short bars of white across the 
wings; alula dusky. Vent yellowish-white. Legs and feet yellowish- 
brown. Bill black, slender, and subulate, brighter at its base. Iris 
hazel. 
GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. 
( Regulus cristatus, Vieill. Sylvia regulus , Wilson, i. p. 126. pi. 8. 
fig. 2. [male.] Bonap. Am. Orn. i. p. 22. pi. 2. fig. 4. [female.] 
Phil. Museum, No. 7246.) 
Sp. Charact. — Olivaceous ; beneath whitish, tinged with rufous- 
olive ; crown orange, margined with black ; cheeks pale grey- 
ish ; bill subulate and slender from the base. — Female %ith the 
crown lemon-yellow. 
This diminutive bird, if indeed the same indifferent 
countries, is found, accg^ding to the season, njf only 
throughout NortK^^efica, but even in the West Indies, 
and almost eve'ff ’p art °f Europe. A second species with 
