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Report of State Geologist. 



They usually pass south through October, though sometimes they 

 remain in our northern counties . well into November, and perhaps, 

 favorable seasons, all winter. They were noted at Chicago, 111., No- 

 vember 1, 1896 (Bollman), November 28, 1883 (Parker); Sedan, Ind., 

 November 5, 1894 (Hine); Lafayette, November 21, 1895, where they 

 probably winter (Test). Prof. Evermann thinks it probable a few 

 remain all winter in Carroll County. They are reported as winter 

 residents from Brookville; Bicknell (Chansler); Greensburg (Shan- 

 non); Bloomington (Evermann, Blatchley); and Wabash County 

 (Ulrey and Wallace). Prof. Cook reports it as occasional, in winter, 

 in Michigan (B. of M., p. 148). 



Gol(len-( rowned Kinglet. 



The migrants usually begin their return journey in March, and are 

 very numerous the latter part of that month. They may be found 

 any place, often associated with Brown Creepers and more rarely with 

 one of those social groups of Titmice, Chickadees, Downy Wood- 

 peckers and other companionable birds. The bushes beside a stream 

 are as attractive as the thickets along a deep ravine; the evergreens 

 about our homes, even in towns, are visited as well as the native 

 growth of red cedar; the garden shrubbery and trees in the orchard 

 are sometimes their feeding ground, but not so often as the brush piles 

 and more numerous trees of the dense woods. At all times they have 

 a little tinkling note, but as April comes on, their song begins. Mr. 

 H. K. Coale has interpreted it as "te-tze-tze-tze." This is much elabor- 

 ated when they reach their breeding grounds. It is very similar to 

 that of the Brown Creeper. Sometimes they appear in the greatest 

 abundance. April 12, 1897, 1 found both these little birds and Brown 



