KINGLETS. 521 



599. GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. 



3.50; gray-green above, white beneath; 

 top of head, orange, with yellow and black 

 line on either side, fig. 412. Female, has 

 crown between black lines yellow, fig. 413. 

 Young, has yellow replaced by gray, fig. 414. 

 Breeds from northern N. E., northern N. Y. 

 and northern Mich, north to Labrador; 

 rarely south to Mass, and regularly along 

 Alleghanies to N. C.; winters from Mass, to 

 northern Fla. Found everywhere, most 

 commonly in evergreen woods. Restless 

 flitting constantly about, often flicking 

 wings. Song, a rather feeble, lisping trill; 

 alarm, a feeble lisp. 



600. RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. 



Differs from last in absence of black 

 line on head; male with partly concealed 

 ruby spot on crown, fig. 415; absent in fe- 

 male, fig. 416. Breeding range in east, 

 similar to last, but winters further south to 

 southern Fla. and Mex., rarely in Mass.; 



