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♦Chickadee (T'(')i//!fj-/t'j- atricapillus) . The Chickadee is here a common 

 permanent resident, but is more numerous during its migration in October than 

 at other times. 



Carolina Chickadee {Penthestcs carolincnsis) . "Soutlieastern United 

 States, north to New Jersey and Ilhnois." This species reaches the south- 

 ern limit of our district at Princeton, N. J., where it is a not uncommon resident, 

 while P. atricapillus is found there only in the winter (Babson). 



Family SYLVIID.E. Kinglets and Gnatcatchers. 



*Golden-crowned Kinglet (Reguhis satrapa). A not common winter resident 

 in favorable localities ; it arrives from the north about October i and remains 

 until Mav. 



Fig. 38. Golden-crowned Kinglet. 



*Ruby-crowned Kinglet {Rcguius calcndiila ) . A common spring, and an 

 abundant fall migrant, arriving" from the south about the middle of April and 

 returning late in September. 



*Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Po/it>/'f/7(; cccrulca). Eastern United States, breed- 

 ing from the Gulf States to northern Illinois, southern Ontario and northern 

 New Jersey, and wandering rarely to Minnesota and Maine, winters from 

 Florida southward. There are numerous records of capture of this southern 

 species in the vicinity of New York City, but it is not known to occur regtilarly 

 nearer than Princeton, N. J., where it arrives from "April 25 to May i" 

 (Scott, The Country, I. 1878, p. 354). 



Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes foivnsciidi) . A male of this species was 

 taken at King's Park, L. I., November 25, 1905, by J. A. Weber (Dwight, Auk, 

 XXIII, 1906, p. 105). 



*Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustclina). The Wood Thrush is an abundant 

 smnmer resident, arriving about May i and remaining until early October. It 



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