GOLDCREST.
REGULUS CRISTATUS (Linn.).
Motacilla Regulus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 338 (1766).
Regulus cristatus, Koch, Syst. d. baier. Zool. i. p. 199.
Regulus flavicapillus, Naum. iii. p. 968.
Regulus auricapillus, Macg. ii. p. 408; Hewitson, i. p. 148.
Regulus cristatus, Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 449; Dresser, ii. p. 453.
Roitelei ordinaire, French; Gelbköpfige Goldhähnchen,
German.
Common and resident in many parts of the British
Islands, its numbers much increased by irregular
autumnal immigrations from the continent of Europe.
G O L D C R E S T ,
Regulus cristatus {Linn.)
