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haviour closely resembled that of the ruby-crowned kinglet. I saw 

 Kennicott's willow warbler but once again, on the 14th of June, 

 I 899, in the Kowak delta. I was following close around the margin 

 of a small lake, when I found myself within twenty feet of a single 

 individual which I at once recognized as of the same species taken 

 the previous fall. The bird was close to the ground searching 

 among some willow bushes and stunted spruces. {Grinnell.) 



CCLXXIX. REGULUS. Cuvier. 1799. 



748. Golden-crowned Kinglet. 



Regulus satrapa satrapa Licht. 1823. 



Fairly common in patches of spruce on the northeastern coast of 

 Labrador, as far north as Aillik. (Bigeloiv.) Audubon, Vol. II., 

 p. 165, found them feeding their young in August. (Packard.) A 

 common resident in Nova Scotia. (Downs; Ttijts.) A small flock 

 was seen on Sable island, N.S., on October 2nd, 1902 ; one seen Sept. 

 30th, 1905 and several Oct. 7th; one, Sept. 29th, 1906 and two, June 

 1 8th, 1907. (/. Boutelier.) Common in the woods at Brackley point, 

 Prince Edward island, July 17th, 1888. (Macoun.) Infrequently 

 observed on Prince Edward island. Young were on the wing by the 

 last of June; not uncommon at Baddeck, Cape Breton island, in 

 June, 1887. (Dwight.) Rather common, most abundant in the 

 fall and winter, but it breeds in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) 

 A common and permanent resident at Scotch Lake, York county, 

 N.B. ; the young are about with the parents in late June. (W. H. 

 Moore.) 



A common but transient visitor at Montreal in spring and autumn. 

 (Wintle.) A common spring and autumn migrant in eastern Que- 

 bec' (Dionne.) A not common migrant at Ottawa. (Ottawa Naturalist, 

 Vol. V.) One of the commonest birds among pine and hemlock trees 

 in the early spring; I see numbers every year; I observed them 

 breeding on the Magdalen islands, in June, 1897, among the spruce, 

 but could not find the nest ; I never saw any in Ontario after the 

 ist of May. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Abundant migrant at Toronto, 

 Ont., irregular winter resident. An abundant winter resident; on 

 two occasions I have met with birds in May, that from their actions 

 must have been nesting. (/. H. Fleming.) Not at all unusual to 

 see a small party of these little fellows sunning themselves on the 



