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Golden-crowned Kinglet. — Regulus satrapa. 4.05 



Common Winter Visitant 



Field marks. — Even smaller than the preceding species; crown 

 striped with orange and yellow; white line over eye; 

 upper parts olive-gray ; under parts dull white. 



The habits and breeding range of this species are practically 

 identical with those of the Ruby-crowned, save that the latter 

 bird goes farther south for the Winter. 



Family Paridae 



Subfamily Parinas 



Chickadee. — Pams alrkapillus. 5.26 



Common Permanent Resident 



Field marks. — Utters its name constantly, often repeating the 

 last syllable several times; head capped with black; rest 

 of plumage black, gray, and white, with sides buffy. 



I have often thought that I would like to write a poem on 

 Chickadee, but have never been able to fashion a metre or 

 evolve a style that would do him full justice. He is such a 

 diminutive creature, a mere tiny ball of feathers, and is so 

 generally distributed that even the ornithologists have not 

 devoted much space to his life history, though not one has ever 

 ■written anything about him of a disparaging nature. 

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