268 THE RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. 



of trees, west to northwestern Alaska ( Kowak River), breeding chiefly n(jrth of 

 the I'nited States, ami irregularly in the higher ranges of the West. 



Range in Washington. — Common spring and fall migrant; summer resident 

 in northeastern portion of State only(?). 



Migrations. — Spring: April, May. I'all: (Jctober. 



Authorities.— Baird, Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv. IX. pt. II. 1858, p. 22y. (T.) 

 C&S. L'. Rh.t ?) D'. Sr. Ra. D-'. Kk. j. E. 



Specimens.— U. of W. P". Prov. B. BN. E. 



"WHERE'S your kingdom, little king? 

 Where's the land }-ou call your own? 

 Where's A'our palace and your throne? 

 Fluttering lightly on the wing- 

 Thru the lilossoni world of May 

 Whither lies }'our ro}'al way? 

 Where's the realm tliat owns your sway^, 

 Little King?" 



Dr. Henrv Van Dyke is the questioner, and the little bird has a ready 

 answer for him. Being an Easterner, it is "Labrador" in May, and 



Where the express' \i\'id green 

 And the dark magnolia's sheen 

 Weax'e a shelter round mv home" 



in October. But imder the incitement of the poet's playful banter, the Kinglet 

 enlarges his claim : 



"Never king by right di\'ine 

 Rtiled a richer realm than mine! 

 WHiat are lands and golden crowns, 

 Armies, fortresses and towns, 

 Jewels, scepters, robes and rings. 

 What are these to song and wings? 

 Ever^-where that I can fly 

 There I own the earth and sky : 

 Everywhere that I can sing 

 There I'm happ}- as a king." 



.Vnd surely there is no one who can meet this dainty monarch in one of 

 his happy moods without paying instant homage. His iiiipcrumi is that of the 

 spirit, and those who boast a soul above the clod must swear fealty to this 

 most delicate expression of the creative Infinite, this thought of God made 

 lumiiicTus and vocal, and own liim king li\- right divine. 



It seems only ^■esterdav I saw him, Easter Day in old Ohii). The sig- 



