33fi STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



Family SYLVIID.E. Warblers; Kinglets; Gnatcatchers. 

 Small, beautiful, insectivorous birds: feed largely on insects and insects' eggs. 



Subfamily REGULIX.!^]. Kinglets. 



Genus REGULUS Ccv. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet. 



i{27-7+!S-(34). Kesiulus satrapa Licltt. * Golden crowned Kinglet; Golden- 

 Crownkd Wren; Golden-crested Kinglet. 



Common; migrant; March to May, and October and November; occasionally a 

 winter resident; "more common at Ann Arbor than the next species'" (Dr. J. B. 

 Steere); " abundant spring and fall migrant at Bay City and without doubt a 

 winter resident of pineries north" (N. A. Eddy); -more timid and retiring than 

 the next species and comes and goes in flocks; probably does not breed in 

 Southern Michigan" (A. H. Boies); "saw them at Plymouth, but they do not 

 breed here" (J. B. Purdy); "Grand Rapids. April 14, 1891'' (E. B. Boies); 

 common in winter in Wayne Co.'" (B. H. Swales); " abundant migrant 

 in Kent Co.'' (S. E. White); '"common migrant at Albion and St. 

 Joseph where it arrives very early, and common at Palmer. Marquette 

 Co." (O. B. Warren); found in woods; "common at Iron Mountain'' (E. 

 E. Brewster); included in Cabot's Birds of Lake Superior; found breeding at Onto- 

 nagon by Prof. Ludwig Kumlein; " breeds abundantly at Mackinac Island in July" 

 (S. E. White); "eggs four to nine, occasionally ten" (Prof. A. W. Butler); 

 "nine" (E. E. Brewster); cream color or creamy white, specked with brown. 



32S-74J)-(S:j). Kegiiliis caleiKlula (Limi.) "Ruby Crowned Kinglet. 



Rather common; throughout the state; migrant; April and May. and October 

 and November; "rare at Ann Arbor" Dr. J. B. Steere); '' Dewitt " (Dr. G. W. 

 Topping); "abundant spring and fall migrant at Bay City" (N. A. Eddy); 

 "conmion at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); breeds in the Northern Penin- 

 sula; "nests with five young at Mackinac Island, July 20. 18!)0 " (S. E. White); 



