who viewed them. The number of young from fix tb eight.
The neft of one of thefe has alfo been made in a garden, on a
fir-tree ; it was compofed of mo/s, the opening on one fide j in
fhape roundiih: it was lined with a downy fubftance, mixed with
fmall filaments *.
It is faid to fing very melodioufly, very like, but weaker than
the common Wren f .
143. Le Roitelet mefauge, Bnf. oif. v. p. 375.
V ar. A. Mefange hupée de Cayenne, Pi. enl. 70B. 2.
D escriptio«. H IS is even fmaller than the lad, and differs in the bill,
which is much fhorter and fmaller : the yellow is not in the
middle of the crown, but acrofs the back part of the head, or
rather the back part of the creft, which is of a jonquil yellow :
the upper parts of the body greenifh: the head inclined to brown:
wings and tail dulky green j acrofs the firft, two pale bars •, the
fecondaries edged, and the tail, except the two middle feathers,
tipped with the fame: the fore part of the neck pale afh-colour :
breaft and belly greenifh : towards the vent, and the fides, pale
yellow : legs dufky.
Place. This inhabits Cayenne, where it only appears in winter, and
frequents low trees and fhrubs in the favannas, that are not oyer
wet. It has much fimilarity to the laft fpecies.
* Perhaps Spiders weis. See Hiß. des tif. v. p. 367.
f Br. Zovl.
Motacilfa
Motacilla calendula, JJn. Sjfi, i. p.337. N° 47.
Le Poul, ou Souci de Penfilvanie, Brif. orn. iii. p. 584.. N° 18.
Le Roitelet rubis, Buf. oif. v. p. 373.
Ruby-crowned Wren, Edw. pi. 254. f. 2.— Arci. Zool.
Br. Muf. Lev. Muf.
r p H I S is much larger than the laft, and is an inch longer.
The bill is almoft half an inch long, and dufky : on the
crown of the head is a fpot of a ruby-red colour, not bordered
with black, as in the laft : the upper parts are olive, but have a
tinge of brown ; paleft on the rump: the under parts are yel-
lowifh white, inclining moft to yellow on the breaft: acrofs the
wings two yellowifh bands r quills and tail much as in the laft
fpecies: the legs brown.
The female has no red on the head.
This inhabits North America. Feeds on the infeds which
frequent the Spruce-trees, and runs up the trees in the manner
of a Titmoufe.
Buffon mentions a bird which was fent from Louifiana, and he
thinks a variety ; it differs chiefly in having the hind part of the
head environed with a crown of crimfon.
Mention is alfo made by Kolben of a red-headed Wren, at the
Cape of Good Hope. This, he fays, is bigger than the Blue 'Titmoufe
; that it has the wings blade, and the legs reddifh. As
this is the whole that he fays, it is uncertain whether it is a variety
of any of the preceding, or a feparate fpecies.
There is alfo a fcarlet-crefted Titmoufe, fent from Groenland
9 to
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RUBYCROWNED
WR.
Description.
Female;
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