BUBY- CROWNED KINGLET. 167 



silky feathers of the crown of the head vermilion. The under parts 

 greyish white. Length four inches and a quarter; extent of wings six 

 inches; bill one third of an inch; tarsus three fourths of an inch. 



The adult female in summer plumage resembles the male, but the 

 tints are in general duller, especially the greenish yellow of the 

 wings. 



Figured by Audubon and Wilson. 



