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the Schuylkill Eiver, in Pennsylvania, by Audubon, and is at pres- 

 ent known only by the description and illustration given in the 

 works of its discoverer. It is one of several species belonging to the 

 same category, among which may be mentioned the Carbonated 

 Warbler (Perissoglossa carbonata), Small-headed Flycatcher (Sylvan- 

 ia microcephala), Blue Mountain Warbler (Dendroica montana), etc. 

 But since two other species (CentronyxbatrdiiandCoturniculus lecontei) 

 until within a few years past included in the same list are now 

 well-known birds, it is quite possible that a few years hence, when 

 the number of intelligent observers has increased, we may know 

 more of Cuvier's Kinglet. 



Regulus satrapa Licht. 



GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. 



Popular synonyms. Golden-crested Kinglet; Golden-crowned Wren; American 

 G olden-crowned Wren, or Kinglet; American Golden-crest. 



Sylvia regulus WILS. Am. Orn. i. 1808. 12G, pi. 8, fig. 2 (not of Linn.) 



Regulus cristatus NUTT. Man. i. 1832, 420. AUD. Orn. Biog. ii. 1834, 476, pi. 185 (not of 

 Koch). 



Regulus satrapa LIGHT. Verz. Doubl. 1823, No. 410. AUD. Synop. 1839,^82; B. Am. ii. 1841. 

 165. pi. 132.-BAIBD, B. N. Am. 1853, 227; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859. No. 162; Review. 1864. 65. 

 COUES, Key, 1872, 78; Check List, 1873. No. 22; 2d ed. 1882. No. 34; B. N. W. 1874. 16; 

 B. Col. Val. 1878. 96. B. B. & R. Hist N. A. B. i. 1874. 73, pi. 5, fig. 8. RIDGW. Nom. N. 

 Am. B. 1881, No. 33. 



HAB. Whole of North America, breeding mostly northward of and wintering chiefly 

 within the United States; in winter extending also far into Mexico, on the elevated table- 

 lands. 



"gp. CHAR. Above olive-green, brightest on the outer edges of the wing and tail feathers, 

 and tinged with brownish gray towards the head. Forehead, a line over the eye and a space 

 beneath it, white. Exterior of the crown before and laterally black, embracing a central 

 patch of orange-red, encircled by gamboge yellow. A dusky space around the eye. 

 Wing-coverts with two yellowish- white bands, the posterior covering a similar band on 

 the quills, succeeded by a broad dusky one. Under parts dull whitish. Length under 

 four inches; wing, 2.25; tail, 1.80. Female without the orange-red central patch. Young 

 birds without the colored crown." (Hist. N. Am, B,) 



"First plumage: female. Pileum (including forehead) dark smoky-brown; line over 

 the eye entirely cut off at its anterior corner by the junction of the dusky lores with the 

 brown of the forehead; tertiaries broadly tipped with white; breast strongly washed with 

 pale fawn-color; otherwise like adult. From a specimen in my collection taken at Upton, 

 Me., August 25, 1874. A young male taken August 25, 1873. is in every way similar. A good 

 series of specimens of various ages shot during August and the early part of September 

 illustrate well the transitional stages. First the brown of the pileum darkens into two 

 black stripes, while the line over the eye broadens to meet its external margin. Next, 

 two lines of yellow feathers appear inside and parallel with the black ones, while the 

 orange of the central space (of the male) is produced last." (BBKWSTKB, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club. June. 1878, 19.) 



