Harris Birds of the Kansas City Region. 331 



Family SYLVIIDAE. Kinglets and Gnatcatchers. 

 Subfamily Regulinae. Kinglets. 



REGULUS SATRAPA SATRAPA Lichtenstein. Golden-crowned King- 

 let. 



Common migrant and not uncommon winter resident. 



Wintering Golden-crowned Kinglets may be found in the 

 wooded bluff and bottom regions, in the cemeteries, in the tim- 

 ber along the Blue and Brush Creek, in the parks and in wooded 

 places at the edges of the prairie country. They arrive from 

 the north usually between the 5th and 10th of October (Sept. 

 24, 1904, and Sept. 3, 1906, the latter a very exceptionally early 

 date) and the bulk of the migrants are present during the sec- 

 ond and third weeks of the month. The spring movement is 

 noticeable during the first three weeks of April, when great 

 numbers of these tiny birds pass through the city. None have 

 been noted later than April 26th. 



REGULUS CALENDULA CALENDULA (Linn.). 



CORTHYLIO CALENDULA CALENDULA (Linn.). Proposed 1917. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 

 Common migrant. 



The latest fall records for the Ruby-crowned Kinglet are De- 

 cember 24 and 25, 1916, when a small troop was seen in the 

 Missouri bottom timber. These birds probably did not remain 

 throughout the later cold periods of the winter, but moved on 

 further south. They arrive in the spring with the Golden 

 crowns, but remain later, . stragglers having been noted as late 

 as past the middle of May (May 18, 1905, and May 17, 1916) 

 and fairly regularly during the first week of the month. Fall 

 dates are about the same as for the other kinglet. 



They frequent timbered places and are to be looked for in 

 the same localities as tLe Golden-crowns. In migration they are 

 common in the trees and thickets of the outlying residence dis- 

 tricts. 



Subfamily Polioptilinae. Gnatcatchers. 



POLIOPTILLA CAERULEA CAERULEA (Dinn.). Blue-gray Gnat- 

 catcher. 

 Common migrant and not rare summer resident. 



The Gnatcatchers arrive from the llth to 20th of April 



