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Golden-crowned Kinglet. — Regulus satrapa. 4.05 



Common Winter Visitant 



Field marks. — Even smaller than the preceding species; crown 

 striped with orange and yellow; white line over eye; 

 upper parts olive-gray; under parts dull white. 



The habits and breeding range of this species are practically 

 identical with those of the Ruby-crowned, save that the latter 

 bird goes farther south for the Winter. 



Family Paridee 



Subfamily Parinse 



Chickadee. — Parus atrkapillus. 5.26 



Common Permanent Resident 



Field marks. — Utters its name constantly, often repeating the 

 last syllable several times; head capped with black; rest 

 of plumage black, gray, and white, with sides buffy. 



I have often thought that I would like to write a poem on 

 Chickadee, but have never been able to fashion a metre or 

 evolve a style that would do him full justice. He is such a 

 diminutive creature, a mere tiny ball of feathers, and is so 

 generally distributed that even the ornithologists have not 

 devoted much space to his life history, though not one has ever 

 written anything about him of a disparaging nature. 

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