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and retiring than the next species and comes and goes in flocks; probably does not 

 breed in Southern Michigan " (A. H. Boies) ; •' saw them at Plymouth, but they do not 

 breed here" (J. B. Purdy); -'Grand Rapids, April 14, 1891" (E. B. Boies); " common in 

 winter in Wayne County " (B. H. Swales); "abvindant migrant in Kent County" (S. 

 E. White); fovind in woods; '• common at Iron Mountain " (E. E. Brewster); included in 

 Cabot's Birds of Lake Superior; found breeding at Ontonagon by Prof. Ludwig Kum- 

 lein; " breeds abundantly at Mackinac Island in July " (S. E. White) ; "eggs four to nine 

 occasionally ten" (Prof. A. W. Butler); "nine" (E. E. Brewster); cream color, or creamy 

 white, specked with brown. 



324-749-(3.'^). Reg-iilus calendula (Linn.). * Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 



Rather common; throughout the state; migrant; April and May, and Oct. and 

 Nov.; "rare at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "Dewitt" (Dr. G. W. Topping); "com- 

 mon at Iron Mountain " (E. E. Brewster); breeds in the Northern Peninsula; " nests 

 with five young at Mackinac Island. July 26, 1890" (S. E. White); " breeds at L'Anse " 

 (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); "nests semipensile in trees" (Coues' North American Birds); 

 " eggs five to nime, dull whitish, or pale buff, faintly spotted with light brown, chiefly 

 at the larger end" (Davie); "often found in flocks with the preceding species" (Prof. 

 J. W. Simmons); this and the preceding species are two of our most elegant birds. 

 This species is not shy. 



Subfamily POLIOPTILIN.E. Gnatcatchers. 

 Genus POLIO PTI LA Sclat. 



Blue-gray irnaicaiolier, natural size. 



325-75 1-(3<>). Polioptila caerulea (Linn.). * Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. 



Very common; throughout Southern Michigan; April to Sept.; "very common at 

 Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); we find it common at this place; S. E. White reports it 

 rare at Mackinac Island and says it is found in the Northern Peninsula; breeds; nests 

 in trees in May; nest elegant, softly lined and covered outside with lichens; often 

 secures material for nest from nests of other birds; eggs four to seven, white, specked 

 with brown; habits much like those of Creepers and Nuthatches. 



