92 SYNONYMY OF REGULUS CALENDULA 



Genus REGULUS Cuvier 



CHARS. To the foregoiug add: Coloration olivaceous, paler 

 or whitish below, with red, black, or yellow, or all three of 

 these colors, 011 the head of the adult. 



There are only two established species in this country, both 

 of which occur in the Colorado region. They are elegant and 

 dainty little creatures, among the very smallest of our birds 

 excepting the Hummers. They inhabit woodland, are very agile 

 and sprightly, insectivorous, migratory, and highly musical. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet 



Regains calendula 



Motacilla Calendula, Linn. SN. i. 1766, 337, no. 47. Forst. Phil. Tr. Ixii. 1772, 407, no. 32. 



Gm. SN. i. pt. ii. 1788, 994, noa. 47, 47 b. Turt. SN. i. 1806, 613. 

 Sylvia Calendula, Lath. IO. ii. 1790, 549, no. 154. WUs. AO. i. 1808, 83, pi. 5, f. 3. 



Sylvia (Reguloides) calendula, Gray, HL. i. 1869, 216, no. 3068. 



RegUlUS calendula, "Licht.Verz. 1823". Bp. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ii. 1826, 91. Ifutt. Man. i. 

 1832, 415. And. OB. ii. 1834, 546, pi. 195. Bp. CGL. 1838, 19. And. Syn. 1639, 83. 

 Towns. Journ. Phila. Acad. viii. 1839, 154. Nutt. Man. 2d. ed. i. 1840, 500. And. BA. ii. 

 1841, 168, pi. 133. Garni. Pr. Phila Acad. iii. 1846. 115. Garni. Journ. Phila. Acad. i. 1847, 

 36. JFoodA. Sitgreave's Rep. 1853, 67. Hoy, Pr. Phila. Acad. vi. 1853, 313. Bead, Pr. 

 Phila. Acad. vi. 1853, 399. Henry, Pr. Phila. Acad. vii. 1855. 309. Kennic. Tr. Illinois 

 Agr. Soc. i. 1855, 583. Pratten, Tr. Illinois Agr. Soc. i. 1855, 603. Putn. Pr. Ess. Inst. 

 i. 1856, 208. Scl. PZS. 1857, 202 (Xalapa).- Scl. PZS. 1858,300 (Parada). Ed. BNA. 1858, 

 226. Scl. PZS. 1859, 362 (Xalapa), 371 (Oaxaca). S. ff S. Ibis, 1859, 8 (Guatemala). 

 Henry, Pr. Phila. Acad. xi. 1859, 106. Xantus, Pr. Phila. Acnd. 1859, 190. Willis, 

 Smiths. Rep. for 1858, 1859, 282 (Nova Scotia). Kenner. I'RRR. x. 1859, 24. Heerm. 

 PRRR. x. 1859, 43. U. if S. NHWT. I860, 174. Wheat. Ohio Agr. Rep 1860, . Barn. 

 Smiths. Rep. for I860, 1861, 435. Bd. Ives's Rep. pt. v. 1861, 5.Reinft. Ibis, iii. 1861, 

 5 (Greenland). Verr. Pr. Ess. last. iii. 1HS2, 145. Ooues, Pr. Phila. A.cad. 1861, 219 

 (Labrador). -Boardm. Pr. Bost. Soc. ix. 186-2, \24.-Hayd. Rep. 1862, m.-Blakist. Ibis, 

 1863. 60. Bd. Rev. AB. 1864, 66. Scl. PZS. 1864, 172 (Mexico). Allen, Proc. Essex 

 Inst. iv. 1864, 58. Hoy, Smiths. Rep. for 1864, 1865, 438. Dress. Ibis. 1865, 476 (Texas). 

 Cones, Ibis, 1865, 163 (Arizona). Lawr. Anu. Lye. N. Y. viii. 1866, 282. Weiz, Pr. 

 Bost, Soc. x. 1866, 267 (Labrador). Brown, Ibis, 1868, 420 (Vancouver). Cones, Pr. 

 Bost. Soc. xii. 1868, 107 (South Carolina, winter). Butch. Pr. Phila. Acad. xx. 1868, 149 

 (Laredo, Tex.). Tunib. B. E. Pa. 1869,22 ; Phila. ed. 15. Ooop. Am. Nat. iii. 1869, 32. 

 Dall tfBann. Tr. Chic. Acad. i. 1869, 276 ( Alaska). Coop. Pr. Cala. Acad. 1870, 75. Coop. 

 B. Cal. i. 1870, 33. Abbott, Am. Nat. iv. 1870, 5*2. Dall, Am. Nat. iv. 1870, 600. Par- 

 ker, Am. Nat, v. 1871, 168. Stev. U. S. Geol. Surv. tor 1870, 1871, 463. Allen, Am. Nat. 

 vi. 1872, 359. Aiken, Pr. Bost, Soc. xv. 1872, 195. Ooues, K>y, 1872. 78. Hart. Man. 

 Brit. Birds 1872, 107 (Scotland \).Ridg. Bull. Essex Inst. v. 1873, 119,Trippe, Am. 

 Nat. vii. 1873, 498. T ippe, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. 1873, 234. Jfe-r. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr, 

 for 1872, 1873, 675, 712, 713. Merr. Am. Nat. viii. 1874, 8. Abbott, Am. Nat. viii. 1874, 364, 

 365. Hensh. Rep. Orn. Specs. 1874, 40, 57, 72, 98. Coucs, BNW. 1874, 15. B. B. Sf R. 

 NAB. i. 1874, 75, pi. 5, f. 9. Nelson, IV. Bost. Soc. xvii. 1875. 356. Brew. Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. xvii. 1875, 438. Hensh. List B. Ariz. 1875, 155. Hensh. Zool. Expl. W. 100 Merid. 

 1876, 164. 



llegllllis calendulus, Bp. Journ. Phila. Acad. iv. 1824, 186. Brew. Journ. Bost. Soc. i. 1837, 

 437. Peai. Rep Orn. Mass. 1839, 3l4.Tfiomps. NH. Vermont, 1853, 84. Gould, PZS. 

 1858, 290 (Scotland !).Cowes <$ Prentiss, Smiths. Rt-p. for 1861, 1862, W5.Mcllwr. Pr. 



