. A history of British birds . ast course seems the mostpreferable, as the Yellow-browed Warbler difters in nostructural character of any value from the genus Pltylloscopiis,and in all its habits, as above recounted, it closely resemblesthe species of that group. .Mr. Blyths suggestion (J. A. S. , p. 442) of a separate genus, Reguloides, for its recep-tion * would therefore appear to be unnecessary. That dis-tinguished zoologist laid down no definition of his term, nordid Dr. Cabanis when, in 1850, he proposed to substitute thename Plu/llohasUeus for Mr. Blyths word. From lleguluH,as now
. A history of British birds . ast course seems the mostpreferable, as the Yellow-browed Warbler difters in nostructural character of any value from the genus Pltylloscopiis,and in all its habits, as above recounted, it closely resemblesthe species of that group. .Mr. Blyths suggestion (J. A. S. , p. 442) of a separate genus, Reguloides, for its recep-tion * would therefore appear to be unnecessary. That dis-tinguished zoologist laid down no definition of his term, nordid Dr. Cabanis when, in 1850, he proposed to substitute thename Plu/llohasUeus for Mr. Blyths word. From lleguluH,as now restricted, the Yellow-browed Warbler with its con-geners can easily be recognized by the want of the singlefeather which covers the nostril in the Golden-crested Wren,next to be described, and its allies. * Rcjalus niodestus, Gould (that is to say MotaciUa prorerjiilus, Pallas), isstrictly speaking the type of this genus, but the two species must be consiJeieilcongeneric. I (iOLDRN-ni?ESTKn WPKN. 449 PA SSERES. S YL Regulus cmsTATUs, K. L, Koch*.THE GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. licgulus cnstatus. Rkgulus, G. Cuvierf. — ^iW slender, straight, the edges dilated at the base,compressed towards the point, which is notched. Nostrils basal, supernal andoval, covered by a single bristly feather directed forwards ; the intemasal ridgestout ; the gape beset with hairs. Wings rather long ; the first primary nearlylialf the length of the second, which is somewhat shorter than the third, and thisagain than the fourth or fifth, which are nearly equal, though the fourth is thelongest in the wing. Tail of twelve pointed feathers, slightly forked. Legsslender and rather long ; tarsi covered in front by a single scale ; toes moderate ;tlie outer and middle toes joined at tbeir base ; claws much curved. The little birds of this genus exhibit many of the habitsof the smaller Warblers already described, and also manyof the actions of the various si^ecies of the genus Parus,an account of which
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