










on GOLDEN- CRESTED WREN.. 
P: on each fide by black ; plumage above a yellowifh green, 
Pie green. 
Ne 
e Tope ; 3 it efcapesthrough the methes of our com- 
Mon bird. “nets, and the wires of our clofett 
Gages. If we put it into a room, in time it difap- 
- Pears through fome little unperceived opening. 
tno Our gardens it foon eludes our fight, and no 
’ wonder, fince there are few leaves under which 
7 ‘may not fit concealed. If you attempt to fhoot: 
ay with a view to preferve the figure of the bird, 
the finelt {and is fuficiently et coarfe for the pur 
| Bier, and it Acarcely exceeds the graisl lopper 
; 4 : In lize, 
is 
| th infide is lined with the fineft down, and the 
4 entrance j is a little hole in the fide. She builds 
oi pines or yew trees, 
The 
Or. BIRDS 163, 
On the crown the feathers are orange coloured, bounded . 
% Areddith \ white beneath; the wing coverts dufky, croffed 
with two white bands; quills and tail dutky, edged with- | 
This bird is the fmalleft that is known in Eu- — 
(Poke, fo minute is the beautiful little abje@ of 
your purfuit. Its ery refembles that of the grafs- 
- The female lays fix or feven eves in 4 curious 
“neh, like 2 hollow globe, the outfide is of mok, 
- Reneral ly in woods, fometimes in our gardens, 
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