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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS EGGS. 



748. Golden-crowned Kinglet. Regulus satrapa. 



Range. North America, breeding from northern United States northward, 

 and south in the Rockies to Mexico, and in the Alleghanies to the Carolinas; 

 winters throughout the United States. 



This rugged little fellow appears to be perfectly content in our 



^f~- northern states even during the most severe winters and leaves 



mL us early in the spring for his breeding grounds farther north. 



BtMjM They are usually found in company with Chickadees and, like 



them, may be seen hanging to twigs in all sort of positions as 



[Gray ] they search for their meagre fare. Their nests are large, round 



structures of green moss, bark strips and fine rootlets, very 



thickly lined with soft feathers; these are placed in forks or partially suspended 



among the branches of spruce trees, usually high above the ground. During 



June they lay from five to ten eggs of a dull whitish or grayish color, spotted 



heavily with pale brown and lilac. Size .55 x .42. 



748a. Western Golden-crowned Kinglet, R. s. olivaceus. 



Range. Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska. 

 This variety is said to be brighter colored than the last; its habits and eggs 

 are the same in all particulars. 



Photo by C. A. Smith. 

 NEST AND EGGS OF BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. 



