FAMILY SyhiidcB 



those who visit its haunts in the high moun- 

 tains will have the pleasure of hearing it. 



FAMILY SYLVIID.^: KINGLETS, GNAT- 

 CATCHERS, ^YARBLERS 



^ Western golden-crowned kinglet, Re- 

 gulus satrapa olivaceous. 4.00 



Distribution: Western North America 

 from Alaska to California, and from the 

 Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast. 

 South in winter to Mexico and Guate- 

 mala. 



The golden-crowned kinglet is an abundant 

 summer resident in coniferous timber from 

 sea level to high mountains throughout its 

 range, and a common winter resident in all 

 the coast valleys from Puget Sound south- 

 wards. During the summer the golden- 

 crowned kinglet keeps well in the big firs that 

 clothe the hills, where their lisping call notes 

 nay be heard far overhead as they troop 

 :hrough the woods, their tiny forms and 

 olivaceous coloring making them almost in- 

 visible in the dim light of the heavy growth. 

 In the winter, however, they may be found 

 everywhere in mixed woods, frequenting the 

 lower branches of the trees along the edges of 

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