. A history of British birds / by the Rev. F. O. Morris . .,GOLDCREST. 143 GOLDCREST. GOLDEN-CEESTED KINGLET. GOLDEN-CRESTED WEEN. Hegulus Fleming. Ray. aur capi/lus, Selby. JenyXS. vulgaris, GoULD. Mntaciila reguius^ Montagu. ^yivia regulusy Pennant. Temminck. Regulus—A diminutive of Rex—a. king. Cm^a^ws—Crested. The Goldcrest, the smallest of our British Birds, is a Europeanspecies, and its northern range extends to the Arctic circle,being found in part of Russia and Siberia, Denmark, Nor-way, and Sweden, and south to Grermany and the shores ofthe Mediterranean
. A history of British birds / by the Rev. F. O. Morris . .,GOLDCREST. 143 GOLDCREST. GOLDEN-CEESTED KINGLET. GOLDEN-CRESTED WEEN. Hegulus Fleming. Ray. aur capi/lus, Selby. JenyXS. vulgaris, GoULD. Mntaciila reguius^ Montagu. ^yivia regulusy Pennant. Temminck. Regulus—A diminutive of Rex—a. king. Cm^a^ws—Crested. The Goldcrest, the smallest of our British Birds, is a Europeanspecies, and its northern range extends to the Arctic circle,being found in part of Russia and Siberia, Denmark, Nor-way, and Sweden, and south to Grermany and the shores ofthe Mediterranean. It has been obtained also in Asia, inPersia, and, according to Temmixick, in Japan. This truly elegant and diminutive bird is generally distributedover the whole of England, from the Lands End to JohnOGroats House; as also in Wales, Scotland, and in is more common in the north than in the south. InYorkshire it is plentiful. In Orkney it is pretty numerousduring winter; many arrive there in October and November,during gales from the ea
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