"THE RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. 233 
No. 1ro1. 
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. 
A. O. U. No. 749. Regulus calendula (Linn.). 
Description.—Adult male: Above olive-green, duller before, brightening 
to greenish yellow on edgings of quills and tail-feathers; a partly concealed crest 
of scarlet (flame-scarlet to scarlet-vermilion) ; two narrow, whitish wing-bars 
formed by tips of middle and greater coverts; some whitish edging on tertials ; 
a dusky interval separating greenish yellow edges on outer webs of secondaries ; 
a whitish eye-ring and whitish skirtings around base of bill; under parts soiled 
white, heavily tinged with buffy and olivaceous-buff. Adult female and immature : 
Similar but without crown-patch. Length 4.00-4.50 (101.6-114.3); wing 2.33 
(59.2) ; tail 1.72 (43.7) ; bill from nostril .25 (6.4). 
Recognition Marks.—Pyegmy size; scarlet crest distinctive. Note wing- 
bars and whitish eye-ring of female and young. 
Nesting.—Does not breed in Ohio. Nest, semi-pensile; of moss, fine bark- 
strips, etc., neatly interwoven, lined with feathers; in coniferous trees at mod- 
erate heights. Eggs, 5-9, dull white or pale buffy, faintly speckled or spotted 
with light brown, chiefly at the larger end. Av. size, .55 x .43 (14. x 10.9) 
(Davie). 
General Range.—North America at large, south to Guatemala, north to the 
Arctic Coast, breeding chiefly north of the United States and in the higher ranges 
of the West. 
Range in Ohio.—Common spring and fall migrant. 
“Where's your kingdom, little king? 
Where's the land you call your own? 
Where’s your palace and your throne? 
Fluttering lightly on the wing 
Through the blossom world of May, 
Whither lies your royal way? 
Where's the realm that owns your sway, 
Little King?” 
Dr. Henry Van Dyke is the questioner, and the little bird has a ready 
answer for him. It is “Labrador” in May, and 
“\Where the cypress’ vivid green 
And the dark magnolia’s sheen 
Weave a shelter round my home” 
