THE GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. Bi 
Chew-ee-i-tew, wheeoo-he-ite, chew-eew-twiti, may serve to recall the familiar 
spring-time warbler. 
In autumn Bluebird lingers late, hawking at insects in some sunny cor- 
ner, or sampling the winter fruits which others are to gather. A favorite 
tidbit of this season is the berry of the common ivy, which the bird procures 
by fluttering before the purple clusters. When the season advances the birds 
retire with evident reluctance. Passing slowly overhead in little pilgrim 
companies they call down to you as they fly, cheery—cheery, dearie, hali 
mournfully indeed, but still with tender promise of another meeting at a fairer 
time. 
No. roo. 
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. 
A. O. U. No. 748. Regulus satrapa (Licht.). 
Description.—4Adult male: Crown-patch (partially concealed) — bright 
orange or flame-color (cadmium orange) ; a border of plain yellow feathers over- 
lying the orange on the sides; these in turn bordered by black in front and on 
sides; extreme forehead white, connecting with white superciliary stripe; a dark 
line through eye; above bright olive-green, becoming olive-gray on nape and 
side of head and neck; wing-quills and tail-feathers much edged with light green- 
ish yellow, the former in such fashion as to throw into relief a dusky spot on 
middle of secondaries; greater coverts tipped with whitish; under parts sordid 
white, sometimes dusky-washed, or touched.on sides with olivaceous. Adult 
female: Similar, but with crown-patch plain yellow instead of orange. Jmma- 
ture: Without crown-patch or bordering black, gradually acquiring these 
through gradation of color. Jength about 4.00 (101.6); wing 2.26 (57.4) ; tail 
1.71 (43.4); bill from nostril .21 (5.3). 
Recognition Marks.—Pyemy size; orange, or yellow, and black of crown 
distinctive. 
Nesting.—Does not breed in Ohio. Nest, pensile, but receiving auxiliary 
support from sides; of moss, lined with fine inner-bark strips, black rootlets, 
and feathers; in coniferous trees, usually at considerable heights. Eggs, 8-10, 
in two layers, creamy white or sordid cream-color, dotted, spotted, and blotched 
with pale wood-brown, and sometimes obscurely with lavender. Av. size, .54 x 
40) (1377 x 10:2). 
