GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. 



Regulus satrapa. 



Char. Above, olive, brightest on the rump; crown with patch of 

 orange red and yellow, bordered by black (female and young lacking the 

 red) ; forehead and line over eyes and patch beneath, dull white ; wings 

 and tail dusky, the feathers edged with dull- buff; two white bars on 

 wings ; below, dull white with buff tint. Length 4 inches 



Nest. In damp coniferous woods, often wholly or partially pendent 

 from small twigs near end of branch (sometimes saddled upon the branch) 

 10 to 50 feet from the ground; usually made of green moss and lichens, 

 lined at bottom with shreds of soft bark and roots, and often with feathers 

 fastened to inside of edge, and so arranged that the tips droop over and 

 conceal the eggs ; sometimes the nest is a spherical mass of moss and 

 lichens, lined with vegetable down and wool ; the entrance at the side. 



Eggs. 6-10; usually creamy or pale buff, sometimes white, unmarked, 

 or dotted with pale reddish brown and lavender over entire surface, 

 often merely a wreath, more or less distinct around larger end; 0.55 

 X 0.45. 



These diminutive birds are found, according to the season, 

 not only throughout North America, but even in the West 

 Indies. They appear to be associated only in pairs, and are 

 seen on their southern route, in this part of Massachusetts, a 

 few days in October, and about the middle of the month, or a 

 little earlier or later according to the setting in of the season, 

 as they appear to fly before the desolating storms of the north- 

 ern regions, whither they retire about May to breed. Some 

 few remain in Pennsylvania until December or January, pro- 

 ceeding probably but little farther south during the winter. 

 They are not known to reside in any part of New England, 

 retiring to the same remote and desolate limits of the farthest 

 North with the preceding species, of which they have most of 



