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WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 117, 



QOLDEN CROWNED KINGLET. 



Family: SylviidaB. 



Genus: Regulus. 

 Species: R. satrapa. 



Distribution: 



Very common migrant and winter resident in fair numbers, 

 breeding in northern New England. 



Date of Arrival: 

 First of May. 



Date of Departure: 

 Late October. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts yellowish olive ; under parts whitish, a yellow 

 patch on the crown, in the adult male centered with flame color. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A three syllable " lisp," rarely in spring a weak warble. 



Haunts: 



A bird of the evergreens. 



