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3. BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH, S. pusilla. 4.00; 

 dark-bluish above; crown and hind neck, brown; spot on 

 nape, white ; beneath, dull Fig. 372. 



white; tail, save central 

 feathers, black, with an in- 

 distinct band of white. Ees- 

 ident in the coast pine belt 

 from southern Del. to Tex. ; 

 casually north to N. Y., 

 Mich., etc.; Great Bahama 

 Island. Note, asharsh, sol- 

 emnly given ^^Cach'''' often 

 repeated. Gregarious. Fig. 

 373. 



U. WAKBLEKS. Sylviidae. 



Our species are small birds with long wings, short deep- 

 ly notched tails ; bills, small with nostrils concealed. 

 a. Kinglets. Regulus. 



Very small ; crown with a bright spot ; wing, with a sin- 

 gle band of white in a dark area. Nests, in trees, globular; 

 eggs, spotted. 



1. GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, R. satrapa. 3.50; 

 grayish-green above ; dull white beneath ; top of head, or- 



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373. 



ange, with a yellow and black line on 

 either side, fig. 374. Female, with the or- 

 ange crown spot. Breeds from northern 

 N. E., northernN.Y., and northern Mich, 

 north to Labrador, rarely south to Mass. 

 and regularly along the Alleghanies to 

 N. C. ; winters from Mass. to northern 

 Fla. ; south in Oct. ; north in April. Song, 

 a rather feeble lisping trill; alarm and 

 call, a feeble lisp. Found everywhere, 

 most commonly in evergreen woodlands. 



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