The Singing of Birds. H.P.BiokneU. 



Regulus satrapa. Go_lden-crowned Kinglet. 



Although this species has been accredited with decided musi- 

 cal ability, I have never heard from it a closer approach to song 

 than a feint chirping, interspersed with weak, tremulous notes. 

 These, however, though never to be mistaken for song, are not 

 wholly devoid of melody, and are at times pleasantly tintinabu- 

 lous. These notes are the bird's chief vocal expression while it 

 is with us in fall, winter, and spring, and differ greatly from the 

 quick stridulous call-notes of its ruby-crowned relative. 



Auk, I. April, 1884. p. /J//, 



