Zoological Illustrations, Second Series, Volume 2 / or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals

by William Swainson

Generic Character.

Bill very weak, considerably compressed, nearly straight; the tip bent and notched: rictus bristled. Wings moderate. Tail rather short.

Sub-genera. Acanthiza. Horsf. & Vig. Phyllopneuste. Meyer. pars.

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Specific Character.

Sides of the head without any indication of white bands, crest of the male yellow-orange, bill very weak. Temminck.

Sylvia Regulus. Tem. Man. 1. 229. Roitelet ordinaire.

Motacilla Regulus. Linn. 1. 338.

Golden-crested Wren. Montague, Ornith. Dict. 2. p.—See particularly the Introduction to Vol. 1. p. 34.