236 Birds of Oregon and Washington 



microscopic shreds of flesh, yet its song may be 

 heard two hundred yards'': and "the Kinglet's 

 exquisite vocalization defies description." 



PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. Male : Head, neck and 

 back, grayish-olive ; crown-spot, bright " scarlet-ver- 

 milion," usually concealed, no enclosing colors ; a fine 

 white ring around the eye ; two whitish wing-bars ; 

 breast and abdomen, yellowish-gray. 



Female: Similar, but without vermilion crest. 



Partly a permanent resident. 



