04 NEW- YOKE FAUNA BIRDS. 



THE RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. 



Regulus calendula. 



PLATE Lftl. FIG. 119. 

 (STATE COLLECTION. Male and female.) 



MotaciUa calendula, LlNNiEUs, Gmelin. 



Ruby-crowned Warbler. Pennant, Arct. Zonl. Vol. 2, p. 413. 



Sylvia calendula. Wilson, Am. Orn. Vol. 1, p. 83, pi. 5, fig. 3 



Regulus calendulus. Stephens, Shaw's Zool. Vol. 10, p. 7G0. 



Ruby-crowned Regulus. Audubon, fol.pl. 195; Orn. Biog. Vol.2, p 516. 



Ruby-crowned Wren. Nuttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 1, p 415. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Audubon, B. of A. Vol. 2, p. 1G8, pi. 133 (male and female). 



Regulus calendula. Giraud, Birds of Long Island, p. 79. 



Characteristics. Olivaceous. Crown vermilion, not margined with black. Sexes similar. 

 Length, 4^ inches. 



Description. Bill slender, notched near the tip, which is slightly bent. Tail moderate, 

 emarginate. 



Color. Greenish olive above. Wings and tail dusky brown, edged with greenish-yellow. 

 Secondaries, and the first row of wing-coverts edged and tipped with whitish. Head, crown 

 and hind head vermilion. A ring of yellowish white around the eye. Beneath greyish white. 

 Bill black, yellow along the edge. Legs and toes dusky brown. Female : the markings 

 similar, but the tints less bright. Young : crown of the head wanting the vermilion spot. 



Length, 4-5. Alar extent, 6'0. 



This active little crested bird is a northern species, and reaches this State from the north 

 in November, frequently staying with us the whole winter. The greater number, however, 

 appear about the middle of April from the South ; but after a very short stay, pursue their 

 journey northward. Nothing is known of its incubation, and little of its habits, except that 

 it feeds on small seeds, on insects which infest trees, and their lurking larva;. Geographical 

 range between 24° and 70° north latitude. 



(EXTRA-LIMITAL.) 



R. cuvieri. (Aud. B. of A. pi. 131.) Greyish olive above; beneath grey. Crown vermilion: a 



black band from the frontlet, passing through the eye. Length, 4} inches. Philadelphia. Rests 



on the authority of a single specimen. An var. satrapa ? 

 R. trochilus. (Temm. pi. 651.) Pale olive. A line of yellow above the eye. Beneath yellowish 



white. Wings and tail grey-brown, edged with olive. Tail an inch longer than the wings. Length. 



5 inches. Southern States and Europe. 



