FIELD KEY TO THE LAND BIRDS. AY 
TUFTED TITMOUSE. Parus bicolor. — Length, 
6 inches. Only forehead black and a gray tuft, other- 
wise like 146. A common Southern bird. 
KINGLETS AND GNATCATCHERS. — Sylviidae. 
7 BitLt.—Slender, warbler-like, with an up- 
a ward turn. 
Foop. — Insects, grubs, and cocoons on trees. 
First quill very short. 
These birds rarely visit the ground, though they 
are often found on low bushes. 
14%. RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. Regu- 
lus calendula. — Length, 44 inches. Upperparts green- 
ish gray, with a bright red spot on the top of the 
head; underparts a grayish, soiled white; wing and 
tail blackish, wing with two white bars. Female simi- 
lar. but without the red spot. The Ruby-crown visits 
chiefly evergreen woods, but travels with and like the 
Chickadees through all kinds of brushwood. A north- 
ern bird, found here only in winter. 
148. GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. feg- 
ulus satrapa. — Length, 4 inches. Top of head bright 
yellow, with an orange line in the middle, and a broad 
black line above the forehead and the eye; upper- 
parts brownish green; wing and tail blackish ; under- 
