PERCHING BIRDS 



746. VERDIN. Auriparus ftaviceps ftaviceps 



Range. Mexican border of the United States, 

 north to Colorado and Nevada. 



This Bush-Tit has a bright yellow head and 

 throat, the upper parts being gray and the 

 belly, white. They are abundant in chaparral 

 brush, locally throughout their 

 range. Their large globular 

 nests are situated in bushes at 

 low elevations from the ground, 

 and are made of twigs and 

 ( , weeds, softly lined with fur and 



feathers. Their three to six eggs 

 are pale greenish blue, specked and dotted 

 with reddish brown. Size .58 x .44. Data. 

 Brownsville, Texas, May 8, 1894. Large nest 

 of sticks and thorns, lined with hair and 

 feathers, and located in a bush in brush thicket, 

 8 feet from the ground. 



Verdin 



746'a. CAPE VERDIN. Auriparus ftaviceps lamprocephalus. 



Range. Lower California. 



This new sub-species is said to have shorter wings and tail, and also to be 

 brighter yellow on the head. Its habits and eggs will not differ from those of 

 the common Verdin or Yellow-headed Bush-Tit. 



747. 



WARBLERS, KINGLETS and GNATCATCHERS. 

 Family SYLVIID/C 



KENNICOTT'S WILLOW WARBLER. Acanthopneuste borealis. 



Range. Asia, casually found in Alaska. 



This species breeds in the extreme northern parts of Asia, and 

 I believe its eggs have never been found on this continent. They 

 build their nests of moss and grasses, on the ground in open 

 woods, concealing them under tufts of grass or tussocks of earth. 

 The three to five eggs are white, spotted with pale reddish brown. 

 Size .70 x .50. 



748. GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. Regulus satrapa 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 

 northern states even during the most severe winters and leaves 

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

 They are usually found in company with Chickadees and, like 

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

 Grav thev 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, 



