Kinglets SONG-BIRDS. 



One of the finest bird eulogies in any language is Bur- 

 roiighs's chapter on this bird in "Wake Robin"; it has even 

 a greater charm than Michelet's rhapsody on the Nightingale. 

 One paragraph quoted will lead the reader to search out the 

 whole. 



" When Nature made the Bluebird she Avished to propi- 

 tiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the colour 

 of one on his back and the hue of the other on his breast, 

 and ordained that his appearance in spring should denote 

 that the strife and Avar betAveen these tAvo elements was at 

 an end. He is the peace-harbinger ; in him the celestial 

 and terrestrial strike hands and are fast friends." 



FAMILY SYLVIID.E: WARBLERS, KINGLETS. 



Sub-family Regulin.i; : Kinglets. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet: Megulus sntvapa. 



Plate I. Figs. 7-8. 



Length : 4 inches. 



Male : Flame- coloured crown spot edged with yellow and enclosed by 

 black line. Above olive-green and yelloAvish olive, which is 

 more decided on Avings, rump, and tail. Under parts yelloAvish 

 gray. Whitish line over eye. Bill and feet black. 



Female : Crown yellow, no flame colour or black line. 



Song : A sharp call and a few notes. i\Ir. Brewster gives them as, — 

 " Tzee-tzee-tzee-tzee, ti-ti-ter-ti-ti-ti-ti ! " 



Season : A fairly constant Avinter resident. 



Breeds : From northern New England northward. 



Nest: Bulky for the size of the bird. A ball of hair, moss, etc., 

 often lined with feathers, placed on the low bough of an ever- 

 green. 



Eggs: G-10, white, thickly .speckled. 



Eange : North America generally, migrating south in winter to Guate- 

 mala. 



The dainty little Golden-croAvned Kinglet shares Avith the 

 Winter Wren and Hummingbird the distinction of being 

 one of the three smallest birds in the United States. It is 

 ranked as a Avinter resident, for, coming from the north Avith 

 the liuby-croAvned species, it lingers Avell into the Avinter, 



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