160 MIGRANTS AND WINTER RESIDENTS 



slightly washed with yellowish. Female and young without 

 the red crown. Length 4^ inches. April 5 to May 8. 

 Abundant. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet: Regnlns satrapa. 



Upper parts olive-green, wings and tail dusky; crown 

 rich orange in male, yellow in female, in both bordered with 

 black; under parts dull whitish. Length 4 inches. Octo- 

 ber 5 to April 25. Abundant. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch: Sitta canadensis. 



Upper parts bluish-gray; top of head and a wide stripe 

 through the eye, black in the male, bluish-gray in female; 

 line over eye white; white patches on the tail; under parts 

 reddish-brown. Length 4 l / 2 inches. September 18 to May 

 10. Irregularly abundant. 



Brown Creeper: Certhia familiaris americana. 



Upper parts brown, streaked and mottled like the bark 

 of a tree; rump light reddish-brown; tail-feathers stiff and 

 sharply pointed; under parts white. Length 5^/2 inches. 

 September 25 to April 20. Common in winter. 



Winter Wren: Anorthura hiemalis. 



Upper parts dark cinnamon-brown, wings and tail finely 

 barred with black; under parts paler, the sides and belly 

 barred with black. Tail very short, carried more or less 

 erect. Length 4 inches. September 25 to May I. Common 

 in winter. 



Bewick's Wren: Thryomanes bezvickii. 



Upper parts dark cinnamon-brown; central tail-feathers 

 barred, outer ones black with whitish tips; tail longer than 

 wings; a white line over the eye; under parts white. Length 

 5 inches. April 5 to 20; November 25 to December 20. Rare. 



