. Ein Handbuch der Ornithologie der Vereinigten Staaten und Kanadas: Die Landvögel. Grauweiß, unter grauem Zinnoberrot, mit schwarzem Rand umsäumt; Wangen Cine-reous, ein schwarzes Band von der Vorderseite, durch die Augen. Dies ist eine weitere interessante Ergänzung der nordamerikanischen Fauna, die wir dem Talent und der Hingabe an die Ornithologie ihres gefeierten Entdeckers verdanken.Keine Art kann besser markiert oder auffallender entspracht werden. Es hat die Rubinkrone von R. calendula, mit der schwarzen Grenze des I. tricolor. Das einzige bisher bekannte Exemplar wurde durch seine Beschreibung aufgenommen
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. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . Cinereous olivaceous, beneath greyish-white;crown vermilion, anteriorly margined with black; cheeks cine-reous, a black band from the front, though the eyes. This is another interesting addition to the NorthAmerican Fauna, which we owe to the talent and supe-rior devotion to ornithology of its celebrated discoverer.No species can be better marked or more strikingly dis-tinguished. It has the ruby-crown of R. calendula, withthe black border of the I. tricolor. The only specimenyet known was shot by its describer, on the 8th of June, on the banks of the Schuylkill, not far from Philadelphia.Its manners appeared similar to those of the precedingspecies. Length A inches, alar extent 6. Front, and line through the eyeextending to the back of the neck, black. Wings and tail dusky, edged with yellowish-white ; two narrow short bars of white acrossthe wings ; alula dusky. Vent yellowish-white. Legs and feet yel-lowish-brown. Bill black, slender, and subulate, brighter at its base.Iris hazel.. AMERICAN FIERY-CROWNED KINGLET. (Regains tricolor. Arc Orn. Biog. ii. p. 476. pi. 183. Sylvia regulus, Wu son, i. p. 126. pi. 8. fig. 2. [male]. Bonaf. i. p. 22. pi. 2. fig. 4.[female].) Spec. Charact. — Yellowish-olive ; beneath whitish, tinged witholive-grey ; cheeks greyish-white ; crown flame-colored, borderedwith yellow and black; bill slender and rather short. Length morethan 4 inches. — Female, beneath greyish-white ; crown lemonyellow. — Young male, with the crown golden-yellow. Tins diminutive bird is found, according to the season, not only throughout North America, but even in the WestIndies. A second species with a Fiery Crest (22. ignicarpillus), and a third indigenous to Asia, are very nearly re-lated to the present; the first having been generally con-founded with it, or considered as a variety of the samespecies. Learned ornithologists have referred our birdwithout hesitation to the
