[482.] BIRDS OF OREGON 



similar, but crown patch wholly yellow. Young: crown patch wanting, but white 

 line over eye; breast washed with fawn color. Length: 3.15-4.55, wing 1.10-2.. 15, 

 tail i.6o-z.oo, exposed culmen .15-. 30." (Bailey) Nest: A mass of moss, lined with 

 hair and feathers. Eggs: 5 to 10, white or buffy, faintly speckled with deeper buff, 

 largely around large end. 



DISTRIBUTION. General: Breeds from Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, south to southern 

 California and New Mexico. Winters from British Columbia south. In Oregon: 

 Common permanent resident in coniferous covered mountains. Winters everywhere 

 in lowlands. 



THE WESTERN GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET is one of the most widely dis- 

 tributed timber-loving birds in the State. The first Oregon record is for 

 birds seen at Camp Harney, November 7, 1875, by Bendire (1877). John- 

 son (1880) listed it as a common winter resident of the Willamette Valley, 

 and since that time there have been numerous references to the species in 

 the literature. We have found it in all parts of the State. It may be 

 looked for almost anywhere in western Oregon throughout the year, but 

 it is to be expected only in the mountains in eastern Oregon in summer. 

 During that season, the spruce and fir thickets of all the ranges have their 

 quota of these tiny mites. In winter the species is apt to appear in willow- 

 and cottonwood-filled stream bottoms anywhere in the State. 



There are comparatively few breeding records. Dr. A. K. Fisher (ms.) 

 took a young bird at Tillamook Bay, June 30, 1897, and reported seeing 

 a family of eight to ten in the same locality, July 4. V. Bailey (ms.) 

 caught one of a family of young kinglets in his hands at Garibaldi, June 

 10, 1914, and H. M. Laing watched a pair building a nest at Portland, 

 April 2., 1919. Jewett found a nest containing one fresh egg at Netarts, 

 May 17, 1913, and saw a pair feeding young in Sellwood, June 4, 1909. 

 Braly took a set of seven eggs at Fort Klamath, May 2.3, 1930. Shelton 

 (1917) reported a breeding record near Eugene, but gave no details, and 

 wrote of a pair noted feeding young at the mouth of the Siuslaw River. 



Western Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 



Corthylio calendula cineraceus (Grinnell) 



DESCRIPTION. "Adult male: crown patch bright red; upper parts grayish, brightening 

 to greenish on rump, and with greenish yellow edges to feathers; wings with two 

 narrow whitish bands; under parts dingy whitish. Adult female and young: similar, 

 but without crown patch." (Bailey) Si%e: Length (skins) 3.66-4.33, wing 2.^4- 

 2.. 40, tail 1.63-1.96, bill .30-. 37. Nest: A partially hanging mass of barks, feathers, 

 and moss, lined with hair and feathers and usually attached to the'end of a coniferous 

 branch. Eggs: 5 to 9, white or buff, faintly spotted around the large end with light 

 brown. 



DISTRIBUTION. General: Breeds from Cascades and Blue Mountains of Oregon south 

 to southern California. Winters in California. In Oregon: Breeds in Cascades and 

 Blue Mountains. Winters south of borders. 



THE FIRST SPECIMENS of Western Ruby-crowned Kinglets ever reported for 

 the State were taken at Fort Dalles, May 4 to 6, 1856, and of course 



