402 BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 



under tail coverts, washed with dull chestnut or rusty-bi'own ; other under 

 parts, whitish ; quills and tail feathers, lead color, as in othei- Titmice, scarcely 

 or slightly edged with whitish ; little or no concealed white on the rump ; bill, 

 black ; feet, dark. Size of P. atricwpillu-s or rather less. 



Hab. — Northern North America, from the more elevated parts of tlie 

 Northern United States (Northern New England, Northern New York, 

 Northern Michigan, etc. ) northward. 



Nest, in a hole in a tree or stumj), lined with fur of animals, felted fii-ndy 

 together. 



Eggs, five or six, creamy-white, speckled with hazel. 



The home of the Hudsonian Tit, as its name implies, is in the 

 Hudson's Bay country. It is also common in Labrador, and I have 

 seen it on the banlis of the Lower St. Lawrence, travelling in little 

 troops from tree to tree, much after the manner of our familiar 

 Chickadee. It is truly a northern species, but as it has been found 

 in Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire, I think it will yet be 

 found in the districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka. At Ottawa, 

 and also near Toronto, it has been found as a rai'e sti'aggler. In 

 Manitoba, Mr. Thompson says it occurs only in the coniferous forests 

 of the north and east. It has been found throughout the wooded 

 portions of Alaska, from its southern coast line at Fort Kenai, 

 north throughout the Kuskoquim and Yukon River regions, to the 

 northern tree limit, well within the Arctic circle. 



It is a diligent insect hunter, but lives too far north to Ijenetit 

 agriculture, and for the same reason it is exempt from the perse- 

 cution to which all little birds are subject in more thickly peopled 

 districts. 



Family SYLVIID^. Warblers, Kinglets, Gnatcatchers. 

 Subfamily REGULINtE. Kinglets. 



Genus REGULUS Cuvier. 

 REGULUS SATRAPA (Light.). 



307. Golden-crowned Kinglet. (748) 



General color as in calendula ; crown, bordered in front and on sides by 

 l)lack, inclosing a yellow and flame-colored patch (in the male; in the female the 

 scarlet is wanting); extreme forehead and line over the eye whitish. Yomuf: — 

 If ever without traces of black on the head, may be told from the next species 

 by smaller size and the presence of a tiny bristly feather overlying the nostril ; 

 this wanting in calendula. Size of calindula. 



