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ciable, and often join the merry Chickadees and their follow- 
ers, in pursuit of their common prey. In spring, when the 
cold of winter has become somewhat modified, they are rather 
less social, roam more freely, and finally move northward, their 
place being immediately supplied by others, who have been 
living in a warmer climate. These possess habits more nearly 
akin to the habits of the Ruby-crowned ‘“ Wrens” than those 
of their predecessors, and frequently catch insects in the air, 
or obtain them by fluttering before some opening cluster of 
leaves, while so doing, causing their wings to quiver rapidly, 
‘‘and often exposing the golden feathers of their head, which 
are opened and shut with great adroitness,” which they also 
more frequently do when skipping about from bough to bough. 
Many pass the summer in Northern Maine, and in certain parts 
of the White Mountains, but none breed in a more southern 
country, unless in New Jersey, as Dr. Abbott thinks is the 
case. They are “ quite common at Umbagog in June;” ‘and 
judging from the condition of female specimens taken, lay their 
eggs about June Ist.” Messrs. Maynard and Brewster ‘‘ found 
several pairs in the thick hemlock woods, that evidently had 
nests in the immediate vicinity.” 
(a). Beyond an occasional weak note, or a cry of tsee-tsee- 
tsee, the Golden-crowned ‘‘ Wrens” are usually silent, whilst 
staying in their winter-homes, except on the approach or arri- 
val of spring, when they sometimes give utterance to a twit- 
tered warble, which resembles the weaker song-notes of the 
Chickadees. In their summer-homes they have a song, which 
Mr. Maynard has described as ‘‘ a series of low, shrill chirps, 
terminating in a lisping warble ;” and, when with their young, 
they twitter constantly, as do also many other birds. 
Nore.—Cuvier’s * Kinglet” (Regulus Cuviert) is a source 
of conjecture to all modern ornithologists. It was obtained 
by Audubon near the banks of the Schuylkill River, in June, 
1812. Only one specimen was taken, which differed from sat- 
vapa in having the crown-patch entirely vermilion and two 
black stripes on each side of the head. I have suspicions of 
having seen this species in New England, but they are too 
vague to render the supposed circumstance probable. 
