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on September 7, and another on October 9. These instances 

 show that some individuals move out from their nesting grounds 

 comparatively early in the season and sometimes take their place 

 in the open country with the birds which are leaving. Thus on 

 September 11, 1906, one was noted in a roadside elm in the 

 Hazen's section of Whitefield. In 1904 one was about the High- 

 land and observed daily from October 7 to 11. This was the 

 season in which three records were obtained in eastern Massa- 

 chusetts, in the vicinity of Boston, as given in "The Auk," 

 Vol. XXII, Jan., 1905, p. 87. 



As regards the song, I can give but the scanty information 

 furnished in "The Auk's" general note, namely, that the 

 Ipswich bird "gave a sweet warbling song" and that the Bel- 

 mont bird "gave a few notes of the warbling song." These 

 utterances may not have been the breeding song of the species. 

 Indeed, they were very likely but a feeble suggestion of it. In 

 1905 I have the field-note on August 12 that "a Hudsonian 

 Chickadee sang a short trill somewhat like a single trill of the 

 Winter Wren's song." These are the only occasions on which 

 a song has been heard other than the day, day. 



177. Regulus satrapa satrapa. Golden - crowned 



Kinglet. 



A permanent resident, fairly common in the breeding sea- 

 son in the spruce growth on the higher slopes of the mountains 

 and found also at lower levels. A pair regularly breeds in a 

 limited growth of spruce on the side of Bo)^ Mountain at about 

 1700 feet elevation. In September and early October many 

 migrant birds are sometimes noted b}^ the roadside on the High- 

 land. Thus on October 4, 1904, over fifty were recorded, many 

 in song. On various dates at this season they appear in con- 

 siderable numbers. Comparatively few remain in the winter, I 

 am informed. 



178. Regulus calendula calendula. Ruby - crowned 



KiNGEET. 

 A rather common fall migrant. The earliest appearances 

 were in 1903 and 1909, when a bird was seen on September 12. 



