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woodlands in cone-bearing trees, at a considerable 

 height from the ground. 



It is an exquisite songster ; its " notes are clear, 

 very loud, and prolonged, full of variety and purity." 

 But, unfortunately, while with us, it has the habit of 

 most birds of passage, and ordinarily restricts itself 

 to a mere chirp ; although, according to Bicknell, its 

 song may be heard both in the spring and in the 

 fall. 



8. GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET 

 GOLDEN-CRESTED KINGLET 



(Regulus satrapa.) 



Male: upper parts olive-gray; under parts grayish white ; wings 

 and tail dusky, wing with two white bars ; crown flame-color 

 bordered with yellow, and this again with black ; white line 

 over the eye. Beak and feet small, dark. Bird less than half 

 the size of a sparrow. Female : similar, but the crown yellow, 

 bordered with black. 



THIS tiny exquisite may be found at any time 

 from the last of October to the first of May, al- 

 though more abundant in spring and fall. So far 

 as my observation goes, he is most likely to be 

 found in evergreens, especially Norway spruces, 

 but Minot speaks of finding him most abundantly 

 among white birches. They ordinarily move about 

 in small companies, made up not only of their own 

 kind, but of other small birds. In spring they may 



