Place.
_x44*
BROWN W.
D escription,
Place.
l<4 GOLDCRESTED
WR.
D escription.
eye a pale ftrcak, which reaches a good way on the fide of the'
neck : cheeks mottled, dufky and whitifh: the under parts are
pale rufous yellow, paleft on the throat and fides of the body :■
legs pale brown.
This' inhabits Louijiana, and other parts of North America. If
it be the lame bird that Charlevoix * fpeaks of, it is. faid to fing
very pleafingly.
Brown- Warbler, Brown, III, p. 68. pi. 18.
Le Roitelec de Surinam, Fertn. De/c. Surin. vol. ii. p. 20J ?
J E N G T H four inches and a half. Bill a trifle bent, of a>
yellowilh brown colour : general colour of the plumage
brown ; paleft on the belly, and marked on the back, wings,
and tail, with dufky bars: legs yellow brown.
If this be the bird mentioned by Fermin, which I much fufpeftj
he fays that it fings very agreeably,, infomuch that it is called
the Nightingale at Surinam, where it inhabits».
Motacilla regulus; Lin. Syjt. i. p. 338. N- 48.— Faun. Suec. N° 262.—
Scop. ann. i. N° 240.—Kram. el. p. 378. N° 21.— Brun. N° 283.—
Muller, p. 33, N° 280.—Georgi Rcife, p. 173.— Frifch. t. 24.— Olin.
pi. in p. 6.
Le Poul, on Solici ; Roitelet hupe, Brif. urn. iii. p. 579. N° 17.—PI. enl.
651. f. 3.
Le Roitelet, Bn/. otf. v. p. 363. pi. 16. f. 2.
Golden-crowned Wren, Rail Syn. p. 79. A. g.— Will. orn. p* 227’. pi. 42.—
Albin. i. pi. 53. A.— Edw. pi. 254. 1.— CateJb. Car, App. 36. 37.—•
Br. Zool. i. N° 153 —Arbi. Zool,
By, Mu/, Lev. Mu/.
' j ' H I S is, I believe, the leaft fpecies in thefe iflands, if not
in Europe: its length only three inches and a half: weight
* Charlene. Trane,
feventy-fi* grains. The bill is very flender, and black: irides
hazel: on the crown the feathers are orange-coloured, bounded
on each fide by black: the plumage on the upper parts is yellowin'!
green, paleft on the rump : under parts rufous white,
with a greenifh tinge on the fides : the wing coverts dufky,
crofted with two white bands : quills and tail dufky, edged with
pale green, and fome of the. inner feathers have blackifh edges,:
legs yellowifh.
The female has the colours paler, and the crown of the head Female.
yellow inftead of orange..
This pretty fpecies inhabits England, where it abides through- Place and
o u t our winters; but befides this, is found throughout Europe, Manners..
as well as met with in the'three other quarters of the globe,
with very little variation. It is mentioned as both a Ruffian*,
Swedifh, and Norway bird.;, is in France, Aupia, and Italy ; alfo
at the Cape of Good Hope, and no doubt in the other parts between:
it is alfo an inhabitant of the north part of America,
Penfylvania f , and New York Js and I have lately feen a fpe-
cimen brought from Cayenne | ; if fo, why not in the intermediate
parts alfo ? It is feen as far north as Shetland, but there
difappears before winter. It is faid fo to do in the more northern
countries, but in all to bear the cold to admiration §.
It feems to frequent oak trees, in preference to others. I have
more than once feen a brood of thefe in a large oak. in the
middle of a lawn, the whole little family of which, as foon as
able, were in, perpetual motion,, and gave great pleafure to many
* Georgi. t Edwards. t Major Davies.
J1 The fpecimen which I faw from Cayenne had black legs.
§ It is perhaps rather from defe& of infers, than mere cold, that, the bird is
obliged to change place.