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GOLDEN-CROWNED WREN. 
Generic Character. 
Bill fubulate (or awl-fhaped) ; ftrait ; the mandi¬ 
bles nearly equal. 
Nojlrils nearly oval. 
Tongue jagged, or lacerated towards the tip. 
Specific Character , &c. 
GREENISH MOTACILLA, pale beneath, with 
a longitudinal gold-yellow band edged on 
each lide with black on the crown of the 
head. 
THE GOLDEN-CROWNED WREN. 
Rah fyn. P . 79. A. 9. 
Will. orn. p. 227. pi. 42. 
Br. Zool. 1. No. 153. 
The Motacilla Regulus, or golden-creftcd Wren, 
is the fmalleft of all the European birds, and till 
the difeovery of the American continent, was re¬ 
garded as the mod diminutive of the feathered 
tribe. The rich orange-coloured ftripe on the top 
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