GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET 191 

 106. Golden-crowned Kinglet 



Regulus satrapa 



Like the chickadee, the Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet is an infrequent visitant to the 

 Garden in the spring. In 1901 one was 

 noted on May i. This bird was on the 

 Common. In 1902 one was seen on April 

 21. In 1905 one came on March 29, a male 

 bird with a beautiful orange-centred crown, 

 and another came on April 28. In 1906 one 

 was seen on April 20. In 1907 two appeared 

 on the Common on April 23, and one was in 

 the Garden on April 27 and 28. In 1908 a 

 female bird came to the Garden on April 

 28 and was seen in the elms of the Beacon 

 Street mall on that day and the following 

 day. In the last two instances only has the 

 visitant remained more than one day. 



In October more Golden-crests have been 

 noted than in the spring, and no autumn 

 has lacked one or more records. In most 

 instances the visitants have remained sev- 

 eral days, as in 1905 one was present from 

 October 18 to 20; in 1906 there were three 



