Birds of Dead BiYer Region, Me. P. H. 0. 



8. Begulus satrapa, (Golden-crowned Kinglet). 



Saw tbis dainty little creature at all seasons of 



the year. Without doubt it commonly breeds, as 

 I observed females carrying material for nests, 

 also the males with food in their bills, yet they 

 eluded my careful search. These birds are very 

 tame and fearless, often entering our cabin at Tim 

 Pond between the logs and flying about the interi- 

 or, evincing no fear of the occupants. A nest con- 

 taining an incomplete set of five eggs taken at 

 Caribou, Me., may be described as follows : The 

 nest resembled to a certain extent that of the Blue 

 Yellow-backed Warbler, but differed in having 

 small pieces of hemlock twigs and grouse feathers 

 woven on the outside. The inside was lined en- 

 tirely with feathers of the Grouse and Canada 

 Jay. It was placed partly pendant from a hori- 

 zontal branch of a small hemlock at the edge of a 

 forest. The eggs measure as follows : ,51x.43, 



,^ . .50X.41, .51X.40, .51X.40, .49x.40. They resemble 

 in color those of the Least Flycatcher, but have a 

 few buff and drab markings in form of spots at 

 larger end. This nest was found by my com- 

 panion. Dr. W. De F. Northrup, who generously 

 presented it to me. The birds, both male and 

 female, were secured, thus establishing identity 

 beyond doubt. 



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O.&O. XI. Aug. 1886. p. 114 -//J" 



Bummer Birds Tim Pond Me. by F. H. C 



Golden-crowned Kinglet, {liegtilus satrapa). 

 They seemed to move in small companies. Com- 

 mon one day and not seen the next. 



O.&O. XI.Feta.l886.p. fli: 



748. (Tolden-crowued Kinglet. Saw four at 

 Bootlibay. On an island near Seal Harbor, 

 I Mt. Desert, I came across a colony of about 

 j fifty of tliese birds. i 



