FEMALE GOLDEN-CROWNED GOLD-CREST. 119 
That the reader may be assured of the specific 
difference between these two birds, I add a short 
comparative description. The Regulus cri status has 
the bill very feeble, and quite subulate ; whilst that of 
the Ignicapillus is also subulate, but is wider at base. 
The cheeks of the former are pure cinereous, without 
any w r hite lines, having' only a single blackish one 
through the eye ; those of the latter, in addition to the 
black line through the eye, have a pure white one 
above, and another below, whence Temminck calls it 
Roitelet triple bandeau . The English name also may 
be derived from this character, or the bird may rather 
be called fire-crowned gold-crest, from its Latin name. 
The crest of the male golden-crowned gold-crest is 
yellowish orange, that of the fire-crowned is of the 
most vivid orange ; but the most obvious difference is 
between the females, that of the golden-crowned having 
a lemon yellow crest, which, in the female of its 
congener, is orange, like that of the male, only muchi 
less vivid. The cheek bands of the female fire-crowned 
are by no means so obvious, as in its mate ; thus the 
female of this species resembles the male golden- 
crowned, than which the colours of its crest are not 
less brilliant. If, to these traits, we add, that the latter 
is a little larger, we shall complete the enumeration of 
their differences. 
The two species are also somewhat distinguished by 
th^ir manner of living. The golden-crowned gold-crest 
associates in small bands, consisting of a whole family, 
whilst the fire-crowned is only observed in pairs. The 
latter is more shy, and frequents the tops of the highest 
trees ; whereas, the former is more generally observed 
amongst low branches and bushes ; the voice of the 
fire-crowned gold-crest is also stronger. Their nests, 
however, are both of the same admirable construction, 
having the entrance on the upper part ; but the eggs 
are different in colour, and those of the fire-crowned 
are fewer in number. 
The female golden-crowned gold-crest is three inches 
and three quarters long, and six in extent. The bill is 
