PERCHING BIRDS 



746. Verdin. Auriparus flaviceps flaviceps 



Range.— Mexican border of the United States, 

 north to Colorado and Nevada. 



This Bush-Tit has a bright yellow head and 

 throat, the upper parts being gray and the 

 belly, white. They are abundant in chaparral 

 brush, locally throughoul tin i, 

 ,.."-.- range. Their large globular 



nests are situated in bushes a1 

 low elevations from the ground. 

 and are made of twigs and 

 weeds, softly lined with fur and 

 feathers. Their three to six eggs 

 are pale greenish blue, specked and dotted 

 with reddish brown. Size .58 x .44. Data. 

 Brownsville, Texas, May 8, 1894. Large 

 of sticks and thorns, lined with hair and 

 feathers, and located in a bush in brush thicket, 

 8 feet from the ground. 



1 Jrpenish l> 



Verdin 



746a. Cape Verdin. Auriparus flaviceps lamprocephalus. 



Range. — Lower California. 



This new sub-species is said to have shorter wings and tail, and also to be 

 brighter yellow on the head. Its habits and eggs will not differ from those of 

 the common Verdin or Yellow-headed Bush-Tit. 



WARBLERS, KINGLETS and GNATCATCHERS. 

 Family SYLVIII) E 



717- Kennicott's Willow Warbler. Acanthopneuste borealis. 



Range. — Asia, casually found in Alaska. 



This species breeds in the extreme northern parts of Asia, and 

 1 believe its eggs have never been found on this continent. They 

 build their nests of moss and grasses, on the ground in open 

 woods, concealing them under tufts of grass or tussocks of earth. 

 The three to five eggs are white, spotted with pale reddish brown. 

 Size .70 x .50. 







Whit. 



748. Golden crowned Kinglet. Regulus satrapa satrapa. 



Range. — North America, breeding from northern United States northward, 

 and south in the Rockies to Mexico, and in the AJleghanies to the Carolinas; 

 winters throughoul the United states. 



This rugged little fellow appears to be perfectly content In our 



.gr northern itate even during the most severe winters and leaves 



Jt as early in the spring for his breeding grounds farther north. 



Bfcht, The\ are usually found in coinpanv with Chickadee and. like 



them, may be 3een hanging to twigs In all sorts of positions as 

 they search for their meagre fare. Their nests are large, round 

 structures of green moss, bark strips and fine rootlets, verj 



thickly lined with BOfl feathi are placed in forks or partially BUSpended 



among the branche ol pruce tree . usually high above the ground. During 

 June they lay from five to ! of a dull whitish or grayish color, -p 



tlj with pah brown and lilac. Size ,56 x .42. 



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