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Corrine, April 3, Idaho — Coeur d'Alene, April 7. Alaska — Craig, 

 April 13. 



Some late dates of fall departure are: Yukon, Carcross, September 

 24. Alberta — Glenevis, October 6. Idaho — Meridian, December 23. 

 Montana — Columbia Falls, October 12. Wyoming — Cheyenne, Octo- 

 ber 25. Colorado — Yuma, October 29. Saskatchewan — Eastend, 

 October 24. Manitoba — Aweme, October 14. North Dakota — 

 Fargo, October 27. South Dakota — Faulkton, November 1. Minne- 

 sota — Minneapolis, November 1. Iowa — Sigourney, November 10. 

 Wisconsin — Unity, October 25. Michigan — Ann Arbor, November 

 13. Ontario — Ottawa, November 10. Ohio — Oberlin, November 

 23. Indiana — Notre Dame, November 14. Kentucky — Bowling 

 Green, November 14. Newfoundland — St. Anthony, October 3. 

 Quebec — Montreal, November 3. New Brunswick — Scotch Lake, 

 October 29. Nova Scotia — Yarmouth, October 12. Maine — Phillips, 

 October 22. New Hampshire — Jefferson, October 16. Massachu- 

 setts — Harvard, December 11. New York — Brooklyn, November 13. 

 Pennsylvania — Pittsburgh, November 2. West Virginia — French 

 Creek, November 4. 



Banding records. — In the banding files are several records of the 

 return of ruby-crowned kinglets to the station where banded one or 

 two years after banding. One banded at Waukegan, 111., on April 

 18, 1937, was found 10 days later at Green Lake, Wis. 



Casual records. — In 1852 an individual was found at Loch Lomond, 

 Scotland; a specimen was collected at Nenortalik, Greenland, in 1859; 

 and one was recorded April 13 and 24, 1909, in the Bermudas. 



Egg dates. — Alberta: 13 records, June 2 to June 24. 



California: 65 records, May 30 to July 17; 40 records, June 11 to 

 June 25, indicating the height of the season. 



Colorado: 10 records, June 3 to July 9. 



New Brunswick: 5 records, June 14 to July 5. 



REGULUS CALENDULA CINERACEUS Grinnell 



WESTERN RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET 



HABITS 



In the mountain ranges of California, we find this larger race of the 

 ruby-crowned kinglet, paler and grayer, less yellowish, throughout 

 than the eastern form. 



Like the eastern subspecies, this kinglet seems to be confined in 

 the breeding season to the coniferous forests of the higher mountains, 

 mainly above 5,000 feet in the Lassen Peak region, and from 7,000 to 

 8,500 feet in the San Bernardinos. Referring to the former region, 

 Grinnell, Dixon, and Linsdale (1930) write: "In the summer when the 



