236 Birds of Oirgofi and Washington 



microscopic shreds of flesh, yet its song may be 

 heard two hundred yards": and "the Kinglet's 

 exquisite vocaUzation defies description." 



Particular Description. — Male : Head, neck and 

 back, grayish-olive; crown-spot, bright " scarlet-ver- 

 mihon," usually concealed, no enclosing colors ; a fine 

 white ring around the eye ; two whitish wing-bars ; 

 breast and abdomen, yellowish-gray. 



Female : Similar, but without vermilion crest. 



Partly a permanent resident. 



