GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. ISl 



the Alleghaiiies it l)reed8 as far southward as North Caro- 

 lina. It comes to us from the north early in Septem- 

 _ , , ^ , her, and in tlie winter niav ])e found in 



A6<l-0r6&St6Cl ^ /• -» r ^ 



Nuthatch varying numbers from Massachusetts to 



Sittacanadoisis. the Gulf States. Its call-note is 



Plate Lxxi. hio-her, thinner, and more drawled 



than the vigorous f/ank, yanh of the White- breasted 



Kuthatch, and suggests the somid produced by a penny 



trumpet. 



Kinglets, Gxatcatchers, etc. (Family Sylyiid^.) 



Of the three subfamilies included in this family 

 "we have representatives in eastern North America of 

 only two — the two Kinglets of the subfamily Regu- 

 li?i(ji and the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher of the subfamily 

 Polloptillnce. The Gnatcatcher is a southern bird, oc- 

 curring only locally or as a straggler north of Maryland. 

 The Kinglets are both more northern in their distri- 

 bution. 



The Golden-crowned Kinglet nests from the north- 

 ern tier of States northward and southward alons: the 

 Golden-crowned ^^.^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ Alleghanies to North Car- 



Kinglet, <-'hna. In its autumnal migration it 

 Rrguius satrajxi. rcachcs the viciuity of New York city 



Plate LXXii. ^|^^^^ September 20, and during the 

 winter may be found in varying numbers from Maine to 

 Florida. 



The Golden-crown flits about the terminal twigs in its 

 search for insect food and reminds one somewhat of the 

 smaller, tree-inhabiting Warblers in halnts. Its call is a 

 fine ti, ti, one of the highest and least noticeable notes 

 uttered by birds. Its song, which is rarely heard except 

 in its nesting range, is described by Mr. Brewster as begin- 

 ning with a succession of five or six fine shrill, high-pitched, 

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