THE GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. 231 



Chew-ee-i-tew, wheeoo-he-ite, chew-eew-tuiti, may serve to recall the familiar 

 spring-time warbler. 



In autumn Bluebird lingers late, hawking at insects in some sunny cor- 

 ner, or sampling the winter fruits which others are to gather. A favorite 

 tidbit of this season is the berry of the common ivy, which the bird procures 

 by fluttering before the purple clusters. When the season advances the birds 

 retire with evident reluctance. Passing slowly overhead in little pilgrim 

 companies they call down to you as they fly, cheery — cheery, dearie, half 

 mournfully indeed, but still with tender promise of another meeting at a fairer 

 time. 



No. 100. 



GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. 



A. O. U. No. 748. Regulus satrapa (Licht. ). 



Description. — Adult //(<;/<': Crown-patch (partially concealed) bright 

 orange or flame-color (cadmium orange) ; a border of plain yellow feathers over- 

 lying the orange on the sides: these in turn bordered by black in front and on 

 sides; extreme forehead white, connecting with white superciliary stripe; a dark- 

 line through eye; above bright olive-green, becoming olive-gray on nape and 

 side of head and neck; wing-quills and tail-feathers much edged with light green- 

 ish yellow, the former in such fashion as to throw into relief a dusky spot on 

 middle of secondaries; greater coverts tipped with whitish; under parts sordid 

 white, sometimes dusky-washed, or touched on sides with olivaceous. Adult 

 female: Similar, hut with crown-patch plain yellow instead of orange. Imma- 

 ture: Without crown-patch or bordering black, gradually acquiring these 

 through gradation of color. Length about 4.00 (101.6) ; wing 2.26 (,57.4) ; tail 

 1. 71 (43.4); bill from nostril .21 (5.3). 



Recognition Marks. — Pygmy size: orange, or yellow, and black of crown 

 distinctive. 



Nesting. — Does not breed in Ohio. Nest, pensile, but receiving auxiliary 

 support from sides; of moss, lined with fine inner-bark strips, black rootlets, 

 and feathers ; in coniferous trees, usually at considerable heights. Eggs, 8-10, 

 in two layers, creamy white or sordid cream-color, dotted, spotted, and blotched 

 with pale wood-brown, and sometimes obscurely with lavender. Av. size, .54 x 

 .40 ( 13.7 x 10.2). 



