A FEATHERED PRINCE. 



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he is a fearless little fellow, allowing the observer to 

 approach within a few feet. 



The books say that the ruby-crowned kinglet is due 

 about the middle of April ; so I think I must have seen 

 one of the first arrivals. He stays here about a 

 month, and then goes north to breed, returning to us 

 for a similar period late in September. Somewhere I 

 have seen that the song of the ruby-crowned is one of 

 the most remarkable sounds in nature, for the whole 

 vocal apparatus is scarcely larger than a pea, while 

 his gurgling music can be heard at a distance of 

 several hundred feet. 



Let us give this little feathered prince a royal 

 welcome. 



April 14, 1905. 



