BIRDS OF 



HAB. Northern North America, from the more elevated parts of the 

 Northern United States (Northern New England, Northern New York, 

 Northern Michigan, etc.,) northward. 



The home of the Hudsonian Tit, as its name implies, is in 

 the Hudson's Bay country. It is also comn on in Labrador, and 

 I have seen it on the banks of the Lower St. Lawrence, travel- 

 ling in little troops from tree to tree, much after the manner of 

 our familiar Chickadee. It is truly a northern species, but as 

 it has been found in Massachusetts, Maine and New Hamp- 

 shire, I think it will yet be found in the districts of Parry Sound 

 and Muskoka. At present, the only record I have of its pre- 

 sence in Ontario is that given by Mr. W. L. Scott, in "The 

 Auk" for April, 1884, page 157, where he mentions having seen 

 one quite near the city of Ottawa, on the 3ist October. In the 

 same article it is said to be a rare winter visitor to that 

 district. 



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FAMILY SYLVIID./E. WARBLERS, KINGLETS, GNATCATCHERS. 

 SUBFAMILY REGULIN^. KINGLETS. 



GENUS REGULUS CUVIER. 



293. REGULUS SATRAPA (LIGHT.). 748. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet. 



General color as in calendula. Crown bordered in front and on 

 sides by black, inclosing a yellow and flame-colored patch (in the male ; 

 in the female the scarlet is wanting) ; extreme forehead and line over the eye 

 whitish. Young, if ever without traces of black on the head, may be told 

 from the next species by smaller size and the presence of a tiny bristly feather 

 overlying the nostril ; this wanting in calendula. Size of calendula. 



HAB North America generally, breeding in the northern and elevated 

 parts of the United States and northward, migrating south in winter to 

 Guatemala. 



Nest, in appearance resembling a ball of moss ; it is open at the top, the 

 cavity warmly lined with feathers ; fastened to the outer twig of a branch, 

 6 to 8 feet from the ground. 



Eggs, 10 ; ground color white, with numerous shell marks of purplish- 

 slate and a few superficial markings of deep buff, making the whole appear 

 of a cream color. 



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