92 SYNONYMY Of REGULUS CALENDULA 



Genus REGULUS Cuvier 



Chaes. — To the foregoing add : Goloratiou olivriceous, paler 

 or whitish below, with red, black, or yellow, or all three of 

 these colors, ou the head of the adult. 



There are only two established species in this country, both 

 of which occur in the Colorado region. They are elegant and 

 dainty little creatures, among the very smallest of our birds 

 excepting the Hummers. They inhabit woodlaud, are very agile 

 and sprightly, insectivorous, migratory, and highly musical. 



Rubjr-crowned Kinglet 



Resulns calendula 



Motacllla caleodnla, Linn. SN. i. 1766, 337, no. i7.—Forst. Pbil. Tr. Ixii. 1772, 407, no. 32.— 

 Gm. SN. 1. pt. ii. 1788, 994, uoa. 47, 47 b.— Tun. SN. i. 1806, 613. 



SflTla calendula, Zal«. 10. U. 1790, 549, no. 154.— Wa. AO.l. 1808, 83, pi. 5, f. 3. 



Srlrla (Reguloides) calendula, Gray, hl. i. 1869, 2i6, no. 3068. 



BegnlUS calendula, "Ztcfc. Verz. 1823".— Sp. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ii. 1826, 91.— Null, iiaa.i. 

 1832, 4li.—Aud. OB. ii. 1834, 546, pi. 195.— Sp. CGL. 1838, 19.— And. Syn. 1S39, 83.— 

 Towns. Journ. Phlla. Acad. viii. 1839. ISi.-Ifua. Man. 2d. ed. i. 1840, 50a.—Aud. BA. ii. 

 1841, 168. pi. 133.— ffoiBi. Pr. Phila. Acad. ill. 1846. 115.— Gawift. Journ. Phila. Acad. i. 1847, 

 se.-iroodh. Sitgreaye'8 Rep. 1853, Sl.—Hoy, Pr. Phila. Acad. vi. 1853, 3\3.—Reiid, Pr. 

 Phila. Acad. vi. 1853, Z99.— Henry, Pr. Phila. Acad. vii. 1855, 309.— Xennt'c. Tr. Illinoii 

 Agr. Soc. i. 1855, 5)j3.— Praifera, Tr. Illinois Agr. Soc. i. 1855, 603.— PmJti. Pr. Ess. Inst. 

 i. 1856, 808.- ScJ. PZS. 1857, 202 (Xalapa).- Scl. PZS. 1858. 300 (Parada).— BA BSA. 1858, 

 225.- Sd. PZS. 1859. 362(Xalapa), 371 (Oaiaoa). — S. ."r S. Ibis, 1859, 8 (Guatemala).— 

 Henry, Pr. Phila. Acad, xi. 18.)9, WS.—Xantua. Pr. Phila. Ac«d. 1859, 190.— Willi; 

 Smiths. Rep. for 1858, 1859, 282 (Nova Scotia).- A'cnmer. I'RRR. x. 1859, H.—Heerm. 

 PRRR. j>. 1859, 43,— (7. *■ S. NHWT. 1860, m.-lVheat. Ohio Agr. Rep 1860, —.—Barn. 

 Smith.i. Rep, for I860, 1861, i35. — Bd. Ives's Rep. pt. v 1861, 5.—Beinh. Ibis, iii. 1861, 

 5 (Greenland).- Ferr. Pr. Ess. Inst. iii. ISH2, 145.— Oouea, Pr. Phila. 4cad. 1861, 219 

 (Labrador).— Boariim, Pr. Host. .Soc. ix. 1862, 124.— Hayrf. Rep. 1862, 159. —Blakist. Ibis, 

 1863. 60.— Bd. Rev. AB. 1864, 66.— .Srf. PZS. 1864, 172 iU-xiao).— Allen, Proc. Essex 

 Inst. Iv. 1864, Se.-Hoy. Smiths. Rep. for 1864, 1865, 438.— Dress. Ibis. 1865, 476 (Texas).- 

 CoMcs, Ibis, 1865, 163 (Arizona).— Znair. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. 1866, 282.— fTczz, Pr. 

 Bost. Soc. X. 1866, 267 (Labrador).— Brown, Ibis, 1868, 420 (Vancouver).— OoMes, Pr. 

 Bost. Soc. xii. 1868, 107 (South Carolina, winter).— Bil(c/l. Pr. Phila. Acad. xx. 1868, 149 

 (Laredo, Tex.) —Turiih. B. E. Pa. 1869. 22 ; Phila. ed. Xa.-Ooop. Am. Nat. iii. 1869, 32.— 

 Dull SfBann. Tr. Chic. Acad. i. 1869, 276(AlaBka).— Coop. Pr. Cala. Acad. 1870, li.—Ooop. 

 B. Cal. i. 18711, 33 —Abbott, Am. Nat. iv. 1870, 542.— DttiZ, Am. Nat. iv. 1870, 600.— Par- 

 ser, Am. Nat. v. 1871, 16S.~Stev. V. S. Geol. Surv. tor 1870, 1871, 463.— Allen, Am. Nat. 

 vi. 1872, 359.— /liim.Pr. Bost. Soc. XV. 1872, 195.— Ooiics, Key, 1872, 78.— i/art. Man. 

 Brit. Birds 1872, 107 (Scotland!).— fiii^. Bull. Essex Inst. v. 1873, 179.— TVippe, Am. 



Nat. Vii. 1873, 498 T ippe, Pr. Bost, Soc. xv. 1873, 234 —Me-r. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr. 



for 1872, 1873, 67S, 712, 1\3.—Merr. Am. Nat. viii. 1874, B.— Abbott, Am. Nat. viii. 1874, 364, 

 365.— ffcKs/i. Rep. Orn. Specs. 1874, 40, 57, 72. 98. — Cones, BNW. 1874, lo.—B.B.ifR. 

 NAB. i. 1874, 75, pi. 5, f. 9.— Nelson, Pr. Bost. Soc. xvii. 1875, 356.— Brew. Pr. Boat. 

 Soc. xvii. 1875, nB.—HensL List B. Ariz. 1875, I5.i.— fleasA. Zool. Expl. W. 100 Merid. 

 1876, 164. 



Begulns calendulas, Bp. Journ. Phila. Acad. iv. 1824, 186.— Brew. Journ. Bost. Soc. i. 1837, 

 437.— Pea&. Rep Orn. Mass. 1839, 314. — T/wmps. NH. Vermont, 1853, Si.-Oould, PZS. 

 18.i8, 290 (Scotland !).—Co!jes If Prentiss, Smiths. Rep. for 1861, 1862 iOi.—McIlwr. Pr. 



