. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. nd fiery activity, nd then, witliout g. Perhaps it is its active habits. ir to a fresli tree, t runs witli asto- s running round y direction, and lest-harked trees f insect food, verts the lianly hardy bird tlint )een found dead greenliouses and larlyinthemild ason, and taken sheds accessible lous. Tliey were many of botliâ f ), tliree of y populous part tad, in the same !w days of frost r'eral times, and ; he Kinglet is a lern Ireland are rain, and bleak soft substances, â eath
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. nd fiery activity, nd then, witliout g. Perhaps it is its active habits. ir to a fresli tree, t runs witli asto- s running round y direction, and lest-harked trees f insect food, verts the lianly hardy bird tlint )een found dead greenliouses and larlyinthemild ason, and taken sheds accessible lous. Tliey were many of botliâ f ), tliree of y populous part tad, in the same !w days of frost r'eral times, and ; he Kinglet is a lern Ireland are rain, and bleak soft substances, â eather. I have aded by leaves, e nest that -was irge cones tliat 'iig tlie brancli i branches, one and contains a lly bigger than to extract tlie oticed that tlie )aper saturated le through the iter, when tlie leir habits was Ks nnd crowns, w'mU'v of lfS,),S ' reveiil(>d tlie ?ort of natural cuts it is sii in ing spirit, and t'ere a strange- a niiiypie, two THE riEE-CRESTED WREN. 277 s newed our friendly intercourse with these interesting little ; The entire l,>ngth of this bird is about throe inches and a half, and its general colour is brownish above marked with olive-green, and fianked with white on the wiiu^-covorts or surface IS the beak is black, and the eye hazel-brown. The' t^'ivlicad is marked with greyish-white; the crest is brilliant yellow tiiiped with oran-^.-' and on each side of the crest runs a black line. The female is not so brilliant in her coloiirmg, and the crest is wholly of a pale yellow. The I'iRE-rPESTED Wrex is very similar to the preceding species, but may be distin- ,!^nislu. from ,t hy the ruddy hue of the forehead, the fiery orange of the crest, and the odiy yellow hue of the sides of the neck. It is an inhabitant of England, but is a iinirl, rarer bird than the Owing to the great ivsemblance bt^ween the two sju'cies, they have o ten been mistaken for each other, and it is only within a co
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