KINGLETS : Family Sylviidae [ 483 ] 



Bendire, Merrill, and Johnson, among the other early workers in this 

 field, reported the species from the districts in which they worked. As 

 it is impossible to distinguish the two races of kinglets in the field, we 

 find it difficult to properly segregate our winter sight records and are 

 therefore being guided entirely by specimens in discussing ranges. Our 

 summer birds are all of this race, C. c. cineraceus, but the winter specimens 

 from eastern as well as western Oregon prove to be C. c. grinnelli. We 

 have birds from Corvallis (April 2.2., 1919, Gabrielson) and Portland 

 (April 30, 192.9, Jewett) that are of this race, as well as birds from Kla- 

 math, Deschutes, Wallowa, and Umatilla Counties (May, June, and July). 

 On June 12., 1915, on Lookout Mountain, eastern Crook County, Jewett 

 watched a pair of Western Ruby-crowned Kinglets building a nest of 

 moss. On June 12., 192.5, at Billy Meadows, Wallowa County, he saw a 

 Rocky Mountain Jay take the eggs from a Western Ruby-crowned Kinglet 

 nest 40 feet up in a Douglas fir, one of the few times, if not the only 

 occasion, on which anyone has witnessed this particular act of vandalism. 

 Braly has a nest and two eggs taken from a small fir along the Aneroid 

 Trail, Wallowa County, June 19, 192.7. 



Sitka Kinglet: 



Corthylio calendula grinnelli (Palmer) 



DESCRIPTION. "Adult male: similar to calendula [cineraceus], but smaller and darker; 

 upper parts sooty olive, darkening to blackish along sides of vermilion crown patch; 

 wing with dark parts nearly black; throat and breast dusky gray; belly whitish, 

 tinged with yellowish. Young male: rich brownish olive, much darker than cor- 

 responding calendula [cineraceus~\, and under parts brighter. Wing: 2.. 17, tail 1.70, 

 bill .16." (Bailey) Nest and eggs: Probably similar to C. c. cineraceus. 

 DISTRIBUTION. General: Breeds along southern Alaska coast and in British Columbia. 

 Winters south into California. In Oregon: Regular and common winter visitor that 

 arrives in October and remains until April. Appears rarely in winter in eastern 

 Oregon. 



IT is a curious fact that every wintering Ruby-crowned Kinglet that 

 either of us has taken is of this race, the Sitka Kinglet. In the vicinity 

 of Portland it is a very common bird in October and November (earliest 

 date, September 18, Lake County) and again in March and April (latest 

 date, May 2., Tillamook County). It remains common all winter along 

 the coast and in the foothills of the Rogue River Valley. We have num- 

 erous specimens from various points in western Oregon. 



East of the mountain, wintering birds are rare, and because the three 

 actual specimens we have are all grinnelli we are making no effort to 

 allocate our few winter notes to either race. More winter collecting of 

 these birds in eastern Oregon will be necessary to determine definitely the 

 status of the two races. These specimens are all in Jewett's collection 

 and were taken at Ontario (January 4, 192.7), Vale (November 17, 1930), 

 and Hart Mountain (September 18, 1934). 



