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SYLVIID^ ; SYLVIANS. 



The Golden-crest had long been known as a sum- 

 mer resident in the Canadian Fauna, and had several 

 times been observed under circumstances which left 

 no doubt of its breeding there, before the fact was 

 placed beyond question by the actual discovery of the 

 nest. Such was particularly the case in Maine. Thus 

 Messrs. Maynard and Brewster, writing of obser- 

 vations made in 

 187 1, remark as 

 follows : " Quite 

 common at Um- 

 bagog in June. 

 It breeds ; and 

 judging from the 

 condition of fe- 

 male specimens 

 taken, lays its 

 eggs about June 

 1st. Although 

 we found several 

 pairs in the thick 

 hemlock woods, 

 that evidently had nests in the immediate vicinity, yet 

 we were unable to discover them. It probably builds 

 in the long hanging moss which grows so abundant on 

 the trees in these northern forests. Given as perhaps 

 breeding rarely at Norway (S. I. Smith)" (Pr. Bost. 

 Soc, xiv, Oct., 1871, pub. 1872). Mr. Allen's latest 

 list of Massachusetts birds mves the Golden-crest as 

 perhaps breeding in portions of Berkshire County, as 

 it has also been reported by T. M. Trippe (Am. Nat., 

 vi, p. 47) to do in the Catskills (Bull. Essex Inst., x, 

 1878, p. 611). The credit of actually discovering the 



Fig. 15. — Golden-crested Kinglet. 



