50 Land Birds of New England 



often be seen fluttering before some opening cluster 

 of leaves, and gathering from it the insects which it 

 has attracted. 



The bird nests chiefly in northern New England, 

 and farther north. Few nests have been described. 

 Those found in Massachusetts were in the top of 

 tall spruces ; one discovered in the White Moun- 

 tains was in a hemlock only about four feet from 

 the ground. 



With us the kinglets are almost silent ; in their 

 summer homes they have a song which, according to 

 Brewster, " consists of a succession of five or six 

 shrill, high-pitched, somewhat faltering notes, and 

 ends with a short, rather explosive warble, as follows : 

 Tzee, tzee, tzee, tzee, ti, ti, ter-ti-ti-ti-ti." 



LITERATURE: 



Breeding of the Golden-crested Kinglet. BREWSTER. "The 

 Auk," vol. v. 



