. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland . of its own species, doubtless tend to weaken andundermine the constitution of this feathered mite. In my opinion a bird which is never seen singly, but at the very least inpairs, should not be caged by itself; solitary confinement may not be objectionableto a parrot; but to a species which, when not breeding, is seen in family parties,small companies, or even in countless myriads, solitary confinement must be in thehighest degree irksome: an aviary about eight feet square, devoted to a score or soof these fairy-like little birds, would be a thing of beaut
. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland . of its own species, doubtless tend to weaken andundermine the constitution of this feathered mite. In my opinion a bird which is never seen singly, but at the very least inpairs, should not be caged by itself; solitary confinement may not be objectionableto a parrot; but to a species which, when not breeding, is seen in family parties,small companies, or even in countless myriads, solitary confinement must be in thehighest degree irksome: an aviary about eight feet square, devoted to a score or soof these fairy-like little birds, would be a thing of beauty and a joy for ever. Family— TURDID^. Subfamily—S YL VIIN^. The Fire-Crested Wren. Regulus ignicapi/liis, C. L- BrKHM. NOT infrequent straggler to the British Isles, the Fire-crest may fully claimits title to a place in these pages. Of its geographical distributionHoward Saunders writes :— The Fire-crested Wren has a much less A. / Fire-Crested Wren i Plate 23. The Fire-Crested Wren. 89 extended range northward tlian its congener, and althongh it appears to havestraggled to the Faroes, it is unknown in Scandinavia; barely reaches Denmark;and does not occur to the north-east of the Baltic Provinces of Germany. Tosome parts of the Rhine district it is rather partial in summer; and, althoughlocal in its distribution, it breeds in France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Centraland Southern Germany, Greece, Turkey, and Southern Russia. In the TaurusRange of Asia Minor, it is more abundant than the Gold-crest. In the mountainforests of Algeria, and in some parts of Southern Europe, the Fire-crest isresident throughout the year; its numbers being augmented in the winter bymigrants from the north. Herr Gatke says :— This species is a little smaller, and b} reason of itsblack eye-streak, still somewhat more prettily marked bird than the visits Heligoland almost as regularly as the latter, but invariablj^ in v
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