FAMILY 



both wonderfully limpid and smooth-flowing though inter- 

 rupted by the wrenlike grating notes which re;illy <!<>< -r\e 

 no place on the musical scale. The trills or reiterations 

 upon the triad show the unique character of the 



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 vivace 



(Ihere was merely the impression of the G wi nor key) 



As a rule the Ruby-crowned Kinglet is so absorbingly inter- 

 ested in the business he has on hand, that he sometimes 

 allows one to approach if one is quiet and cautious 

 within ten feet of him, and thus observe his sprightly and 

 restless movements. The bird is far from uncommon 

 among the spruces which clothe the slopes of the White 

 Mountains. 



Blue-gray A southern species but a somewhat common 

 Gnatcatcher summer resident of Washington, D. C. It 



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ccerulea 1S an in "egular visitant of New York, and 



L. 4.70 inches records have been taken of it on Long Island 

 April sth a t Canarsie, Far Rockaway, Fort Hamilton, 



Montauk Point, Bridgehampton, Shelter Island, and Bell- 

 port; it has also been observed in other parts of the State, 

 Rochester being the most northerly point. The range of 

 this Gnatcatcher extends from the Gulf States northward 

 to Eastern Nebraska, southern Wisconsin, Michigan, On- 

 tario, southwestern Pennsylvania, and southern New 

 Jersey. Like some of the Warblers its colors form a 

 charming symphony in gray; upper parts blue-gray, under 

 parts gray-white, forehead and a line over the eye black, 

 tail black with the feathers mostly white, the inner third 

 feather pnly tipped with white, wings edged dark gray 

 and white-gray. Nest cup-shaped (similar to that of the 

 Hummingbird) on a horizontal bough or in a crotch, built 

 of tendrils, bark, lichens, and grasses, lodged usually high 

 up in the tree. Egg, bluish white thickly speckled with 

 cinnamon brown, burnt sienna, or umber. 



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