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what faltering note*, and ends with u short, ni|.i.l, rather explosive 

 warble. The opening notes an- given in it rising key, but the song 

 falls rapidly at tin- end. Tin- whole may be expressed as follow*: tzrr, 

 ttM, ttet, Uet, ti, ti, ter, /I-/I-/I-/L" 



Muffled in its thick coat of feathers. tin- diminutive Uoldcrett 

 braves our severest winters, living evidence thut, given an abundance 

 of food, temperature is a secondary factor in a bird '- xistence. 



749. Regulus calendula < /.inn.}. K< nr-< KOWNKD KINOLKT. (8e 

 .MI w ith n partly concealed crest of bright red ; re*l 



fup|-r purl* irru\ ish i.li\--i:rri-ii, l-rL'hter on tin- rump; wings and tail Tim- 

 eout, edged with "live irrern ; tuo whitish w iinr-h u r> ; tail nightly I 

 the mid-lie feathers shortest ; under part* ttoilvd whitish, i: - tinned 



with huffy. A<1. 9 and fin. -Similar, hut without the red crown-potoh. 1.., 

 441 ; 



Remarkt. Female* and younc an- wurhlt-rliko in general appearance, hut 

 note the abort first primary, ImrrU im- in-li in Iciijfth. 



'-.North Ami-rii-u; hrr.-.l-> from the northern U>nler if the I 

 . State* northward; winter* from South Carolinu Houthwurd into Mt\i<-o. 



Waahington, abundant T. V., A pi. 5 to May 10; Sept. i'.') to Nov. l ; occa- 

 ionally win- -~itiL'. < ...... mon T. V., A pi. >< to May 13; Sept 16 to 



Nov. 3. Camhridtre, rather eommoii T. V., A pi. 10 to May 5; Oct. 10 to 

 Nov. 6. 



Nut, usually semipeiiMle, of HUMS, fine atripo of hark, neatly interwo\, n, 

 lined with feathers, in eoniferoiu trees, twelve to thirty fret from the ground. 

 Eyyt, five to nine, dull whitish or pale buffy, faintly s*peekled or s|->tte.l with 

 pale hr>wn, ehiefly at the lur | x -43 (I)avie). 



When the leaves begin to turn you will notice numerous very 

 small, olive-green birds flitting iilxmt the terminal twigs of the trees 

 and low*r growth, in the woods, orchards, or hedgerows. They re- 

 semble Warblers, but an- much tamer you can alnmst tuch them 

 and have a habit of nervously flitting their wings every few sernmls 

 perhaps accompanying the action by u wrenlike scolding note. You 

 will not often hear them -ing at this .-easoii, and there is little in their 

 voice or appearance to tell you that they are among the most famous 

 of feathered songsters. 



The May morning when first I heard thU Kinglet's >otig is among 

 the most memorable of my early ornithological e.\|K-riences. The 

 bird was in the tree tops in the most impassable bit of woods near my 

 home. The longer and more eagerly I followed the unseen singer the 

 greater the mystery became. It seemed im|>ossible that a bird which 

 I supposed was at least as largo asa Hluehinl could escape . I nation 

 in the partly leaved trees. The song was mellow and llulelike. and 

 loud enough to be heard several hundred yards; an intricate warble 

 past imitation or description, and rendered so admirably that I never 



