346 THE BIRDS 
FAMILY SYLVIIDAE.—WARBLERS, 
KINGLETS, GNATCATCHERS. 
SUBFAMILY REGULIN/E.—KINGLETS. 
GENUS REGULUS. 
[748]. Regulus satrapa satrapa (Lichtenstein), Golden- 
crowned Kinglet. 
Raner.—Eastern North America. Breeds in Boreal 
zones from northern Alberta, southern Keewatin, south- 
ern Ungava, and Cape Breton Island, south in Rocky 
Mountains to northern Arizona and New Mexico, and to 
Michigan, New York, and mountains of Massachusetts, 
and in the higher Alleghenies south to North Carolina; 
winters from Iowa (casually Minnesota), Ontario, and 
New Brunswick to northern Florida and Tamaulipas, 
northeastern Mexico. 
During the spring and fall migrations many of these 
birds are found in our mountain region. Professor Smyth 
reports them abundant at Blacksburg March 28th to April 
5th, and again October 15th to December 29th. It is, 
however, only in the highest mountains that they breed 
with us. 
Many migrate through Tidewater Virginia the middle 
of April. The birds themselves are about the smallest we 
have in our State, and with their habits keeping them in 
the highest tree tops, the casual observer will probably 
never see them. Their food consists chiefly of insects, 
mainly caterpillars, wasps, moths, beetles, bugs, ants, etc., 
