Kinglets SONG-BIRDS. 



One of the finest bird eulogies in any language is Bur- 

 roughs's chapter on this bird in "Wake Robin" ; it has even 

 a greater charm than Michelet's rhapsody on the Nightingale. 

 One paragraph quoted will lead the reader to search out the 

 whole. 



" When Nature made the Bluebird she wished to propi- 

 tiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the colour 

 of one on his back and the hue of the other on his breast, 

 and ordained that his appearance in spring should denote 

 that the strife and war between these two elements was at 

 an end. He is the peace-harbinger ; in him the celestial 

 and terrestrial strike hands and are fast friends." 



FAMILY SYLVIID^; WARBLERS, KINGLETS. 



Sub-family Regulin^ : Kinglets. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet: Begulus satrapa, 



Plate 8. Fig. 2. 



Length : 4 inches. 



Male : Flame- coloured crown spot edged with yellow and enclosed by 

 black line. Above olive-green and yellowish olive, which is 

 more decided on wings, rump, and tail. Under parts yellowish 

 gray. Whitish line over eye. Bill and feet black. 



Female : Crown yellow, no flame colour or black line. 



Song : A sharp call and a few notes. Mr. Brewster gives them as, — 

 " Tzee-tzee-tzee-tzee, ti-ti-ter-ti-ti-ti-ti ! " 



Season : A fairly constant winter resident. 



Breeds : From northern New England northward. 



Nest: Bulky for the size of the bird. A ball of hair, moss, etc., 

 often hned with feathers, placed on the high bough of an ever- 

 green. 



Eggs : 6-10, white, thickly speckled. 



Bange : North America generally, migrating south in winter to Guate- 

 mala. 



The dainty little Golden-crowned Kinglet shares with the 

 Winter Wren and Hummingbird the distinction of being 

 one of the three smallest birds in the United States. It is 

 ranked as a winter resident, for, coming from the north with 

 the E/uby-crowned species, it lingers well into the winter, 



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