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U. S P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS —ZOOLOGY-GENERAL REPORT. 
Sf. Ch. —Above olive green, brightest on the outer edges of the wing ; tail feathers tinged with brownish gray towards the 
head. Forehead, a line over tiie eye and a space beneath it, white. Exterior of the crown before and laterally black, embracing 
a central patch of orange red, encircled by gamboge yellow. A dusky space around the eye. Wing coverts with two yellowish 
white bands, the posterior covering a similar band on the quills, succeeded by a broad dusky one. Under parts dull whitish. 
Length under 4 inches ; wing, 2.25 ; tail, 1.80. 
Ilab .—Northern parts of United States from Atlantic to Pacific ; on west coast only noticed on Puget’s Sound. 
The black of the head immediately succeeds the white frontal hand as one of about the same 
width, passing behind on each side. Generally the white line over the eye is separated from 
the white forehead by a dusky lore. There is also a dusky space beneath the whitish under the 
eye. The yellow of the crown generally overlies and conceals the orange. The orange is 
wanting in the female. The young birds always appear to have at least the yellow and black 
of the crown. 
In the specimens before me I am unable to perceive any difference between eastern and 
western specimens. One from Puget’s Sound (9819) is smaller, (wing, 2.20,) the crown redder, 
and the superciliary stripe more white. 
According to Audubon, this species differs from the European JR. cristatus in being considerably 
longer, with the bill decidedly shorter ; the flame-colored patch on the head more extended 
with JR. calendula it agrees very well in markings, except in those of the head, which are very 
different. It is, however, of decidedly smaller size. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
828 
1736 
867 
758 
7564 
7179 
7186 
7184 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig’l 
No. 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings 
Wing. 
Oct. 22, 1842 
S. F. Baird.. 
3. 91 
6. 91 
2. 25 
$ 
_do_ 
Oct. 29, 1844 
_.do_...._ 
4. 16 
7. 00 
2. 33 
A 
__ ..do_......_ 
Nov. 22, 1842 
-do__ 
3. 91 
7. 00 
2. 33 
Q 
_do_ 
Jan. -—, 1845 
_do_ 
4. 16 
6. 50 
2.25 
Washington, city_.... 
W. Hutton_ 
Fort Steilacoom W. T _ _ 
March 24, 1856 
Dr Suckley_ __ 
294 
Q 
_do_......_ 
March 3, 1856 
_do_......_ 
367 
4. 25 
6. 25 
« 
_do___ 
_do_ 
289 
4. 50 
6. 75 
REGULUS CUVIERI, Audubon. 
Cuvier’s Golden Crest. 
Regulus cuvieri, Audubon, Orn. Biog. I, 1832, 288 ; pi. 55.— Ib. Syn. 1839, 82.— Ib. Birds Amer. II, 1841, 163 ; 
pi. 131.— Nuttall, Man. I, 1832, 416. 
Sp. Ch. —Size and general appearance probably that of R. satrapa. A black band on the forehead passing back, through 
and behind the eye, separated by a grayish band from another black band on the crown, which embraces in the centre of the 
crown an orange patch. Length, 4| inches ; extent of wings, 6. 
I have introduced the diagnosis of this species from Audubon for the sake of calling 
attention to it and of completing the account of the genus. It is only known by the figure and 
1 Since writing the above, I have received a specimen of the European species, and a comparison shows that the wings are 
rather longer, but the bill considerably shorter. '1 he black border to the bright colors of the top of the head, both laterally and 
in front, is much more distinct; indeed it is wanting anteriorly almost entirely in the European bird. There is also less yellow 
on the back and rump. 
