Birds of Indiana. 1139 



LI. Family SYLVIID^E. Kenglets and Gnatcatchkrs. 



a^. Front of tarsus witli transverse scales at extreme lower portion only ; wings 

 longer than tail ; tail without white; nostrils concealed by small feathers. 



Subfamily Regulin^. Regulus. 174 

 a*. Front of tarsus covered with transverse four-sided scales; wings not longer 

 than tail; tail more or less white. 



Subfamily Polkh'TIlinj:. Poi.ioptil,a 175 



SuBi'AAiiLY REGULINJC. Kinglets 

 174. Genus REGULUS Cuviee 



o'. Nostril hidden by a single small feather; crown with a black stripe on each 



side. Subgenus Regulus. R. satrapa Licht. 311 



a*. Nostril with a tuft of small bristle-like feathers; crown without black stripes. 



Subgenus PiiYLLOBASiLEUS Cabaii is. R. calendula Linn. 312 



311. (748). Regulus satrapa. Liciir. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet. 



Adult Male. — Above, olive-green; brighter on rump and wings; 

 crown, yellow, with an orange center and a black stripe on each side; 

 forehead and stripe over eye, whitish; beneath, dull whitish. Adult 

 Female. — Similar, but lacking the orange center in the yellow crown. 



Length, 3.15-4.55; wing, 2.10-2.25; tail, 1.60-2.00. 



Range, — North America, from Mexico (State of Vera Cruz) north, 

 at least to Labrador. Breeds from North Carolina, in Alleghany 

 Mountains, and Massachusetts, north; also south along the Rocky 

 Mountains into Mexico. Winters from Indiana, Illinois and Massa- 

 chusetts, south. 



Nest, in evergreen, 6 to 60 feet up; of mosses and lichens, lined with 

 bark fibres, fine rootlets and feathers. Eggs, 9; creamy-white or cream, 

 sprinkled with numerous markings of wood-brown and occasionally 

 a few of lavender; .55 by .44. (Brewster). 



The Golden-crowned Kinglet is an abundant migrant in early spring 

 and late fall. Over the southern half of the State, at least, they are 

 irregularly rare winter residents. They begin to arrive about the 

 southern end of Lake Michigan sometimes as early as September 17, 

 and the • first arrivals are found in the southern part of the State 

 such a season by October 8. The year 1896 was one of early fall mi- 

 gration. That year they arrived at Chicago, September 17; at Bick- 

 nell, October 8; and Greensburg, October 9. Prof. E. L. Moseley 

 informs me that thousands of Creepers and Kinglets must have been 

 in Sandusky, 0., October 2, 1896, the first pleasant morning after a 

 long nocturnal storm. 



