EVERYDAY BIRDS 
I 
TWO LITTLE KINGS 
Tue largest bird in the United States is the 
California vulture, or condor, which measures 
from tip to tip of its wings nine feet and a half. 
At the other end of the scale are the humming- 
birds, one kind of which, at least, has wings that 
are less than an inch and a half in length. Next 
to these insect-like midgets come the birds which 
have been well named in Latin “ Regulus,” and 
in English “ kinglets,” — that is to say, little 
kings, The fitness of the title comes first from 
their tiny size, — the chickadee is almost a giant 
in comparison, —and next from the fact that 
they wear patches of bright color (crowns) on 
their heads. 
Two species of kinglets are found at one season 
or another in nearly all parts of the United 
States, and are known respectively as the golden- 
crown —or goldcrest—and the ruby-crown. 
