KINGLETS. 521 



599. GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. 



3.50; gray-green above, white beneath; 

 top of head, orange, with yellow and black 

 line on eitl>er side, fig. 412. Female, has 

 crown between black lines yellow, f[g. 413. 

 Young, has yellow replaced by gray, fig. 414. 

 Breeds from northern N. E., northern N. Y. 

 and northern Mich, north to Labrador; 

 rarely south to Mass. and regularly along 

 AUeghanies to N. C; winters from Mass. to 

 northern Fla. Found everywhere, most 

 commonly in evergreen woods. Restless 

 flitting (constantly about, often flicking 

 wings. Song, a rather feeble, lisping trill; 

 alarm, a feeble lisp. 



600. RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. 



Differs from last in absence of black 

 line on head; male with partly concealed 

 ruby spot on crown, fig. 415; absent in fe- 

 male, fig. 416. Breeding rantre in east, 

 similar to last, but winters further south to 

 southern Fla. and Mex., rarely in Mass.; 



