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THE KINGLET AND GNATCATCHER FAMILY 
(Sylviide) * 
Tuts family is small in our country. There 
are only three members of it that we are likely 
to see. But they are most dainty and lovely 
birds. They are the two kinglets or little kings, 
not much bigger than hummingbirds, and the 
blue-gray gnatcatcher, about as small. They are 
all fond of living in the tops of tall trees, and 
they generally get their food and make their 
pretty nests away out of our reach. So we 
have to look sharp to see them. It is easier to 
hear them, for they are fine singers. 
The Rupy-crownepD Kinctet is a plump little 
bird in olive-green feathers. Below he is yellow- 
ish white, and he has two whitish wing bars. 
On top of his head is a narrow stripe of bright 
ruby color. But we see him usually from below, 
so that is not often noticed. He flits about tlie 
1 See Appendix, 2. 
