568 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



&. Colors brighter, the upper parts more decidedly olivaceous, the lower 

 parts with a strong brownish buffy tinge, yellow and orange of head 

 more intense, etc. Eggs .56 X -40. Hab. Pacific coast, from Cali- 

 fornia to Sitka 748a. R. satrapa olivaceus Baird. 



Western Golden-crowned Kinglet. 

 h"^. Forehead and broad stripe across lores and behind eye black; crown-patch 



in male entirely vermilion-red. 



» Otherwise much like R. satrapa. " Length 4j inches, extent of wings 



6; bill along ridge nearly J, along the gape nearly j; tarsus f." 



Hah. " Fatland Ford, on the Schuylkill river," Pennsylvania. (Only 



one specimen known to have been obtained, this by Audubon, on 



June 8, 1812.) — . R. cuvieri Aud. Cuvier's Kinglet. 



a^ ^Nostrils hidden by a tuft of small bristle-like feathers ; adult without any black 

 on head, (Subgenus Phyllohasileus Cabanis.^) 

 h^. Above grayish olive, the head not darker than back ; adult male with 

 crown-patch bright minium-red, or scarlet-vermilion ; length 3.75-4.60, 

 wing 2.20-2.30, tail 1.85-1.90, bill from nostril .20-.22, tarsus .75. Nest 

 semi-pensile, very bulky (about 4.00 X 3.00-4.00 outside), composed of 

 fine strips or shreds of soft bark, feathers, etc., and green moss, lined 

 with hair and feathers ; cavity about 3.00 deep by 2.00 across ; attached 

 to extremity of branch of pine or spruce tree 10-20 feet, or more, from 

 ground. Eggs .55 X -43, dull whitish or pale buffy, faintly speckled or 

 spotted, chiefly round larger end, with light brown (sometimes nearl}^ 

 plain). Hah. Whole of North America, breeding from extreme northern 

 border and higher mountains of United States northward ; wintering 

 in more southern United States and south to Guatemala. 



749. R. calendula (Linn.). Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 

 &^ Above sooty olive, the head usually appreciably darker than back ; adult 

 male with crown-patch pinkish or purplish vermilion-red ; wing 2.00- 

 2.20, tail 1.70-1.95, bill from nostril .22-.25, tarsus .80. Hah. Guada- 

 lupe Island, Lower California. 



750. R. obscurus Eidgw. Dusky Kinglet. 



Genus POLIOPTILA Sclater. (Page 566, pi. CXXIV., fig. 2.) 



Species. 



Common Characters. — Adult males: Above plain bluish gray, the top of the 

 head sometimes glossy black ; wings dusky, with bluish gray edgings (the tertials 

 sometimes broadly edged with white) ; tail black, the exterior feathers partly 

 (sometimes almost wholly) white ; lower parts w"hite or grayish. Adidt females 

 similar to males, but without fxny black on head, and with the gray of a less 

 bluish tint. Young similar to adult females, but colors much duller, the gray of a 

 duller, more brownish hue. Nest built in trees, usually saddled upon horizontal 



' Phyllohasileus Cab., Mus. Hein. i. 1850, 3.3. Tj'pe, Motacilla calendula Linn. 



