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Hab. Northern Asia, India, Nepaul, China, Japan, and Formosa. Has occurred accidentally in Sweden, in

Heligoland, and Berlin, and near Leyden.
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119. ReceuLomweEs cALENDULA.

Ruby-crowned Wren.

All that is known respecting the occurrence of this species in our islands is comprised in the following

note from Mr. R. Gray’s ‘ Birds of Western Scotland ’°—

“In the summer of 1852, Dr. Dewar, of Glasgow, shot a specimen of this North-American species in
Kenmore Wood, on the banks of Loch Lomond. The bird was exhibited at a meeting of the Natural-
History Society of Glasgow on the 27th of April, 1858, and identified by me. Dr. Dewar stated that he
had found it in company with a large flock of Goldcrests, and that he had shot a dozen birds altogether before
he recognized the differences which this one presented. Dr. Bree, in his work on the birds of Europe, states
that the Rev. H. B. Tristram bas a Ruby-crowned Kinglet in his possession, which was given him in the
flesh, and which was killed by a Durham pitman, in 1852, in Brancepeth woods; from this it would seem

that a second example has occurred in this country.”

Genus Recutuvs,

The Golden-crested Wrens or Kinglets are a charming group of small birds inhabiting the northern
regions of the Old and New Worlds. In their actions and in their mode of nidification they remind us of
the Paride, or Tits; but no one has yet, I believe, removed them from among the true Sylvian birds, nor
shall I do so in the present work. England is tenanted by two species, which, with one or two others, are
all that are known in the Old World ; in the new portion of the globe there may be as many more. In
disposition they are as tame as they are sprightly and pleasing in their actions. They suspend a neat

hammock-shaped nest beneath the branches of fir or other trees. Their eggs are numerous; and the

progeny soon acquire the plumage of the adult.

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GOLDEN-CRESTED Wren.

A native of Europe, and doubtless other countries to the south and eastward. With us it is a resident

species, and frequents alike the three kingdoms.

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FirEe-crRESTED WREN.

Very generally dispersed over the continent of Europe and North Africa; it is purely an accidental

visitant to Britain.