M«;.*nf ^i"^*^ Oregon. J.c 



MernU. Remark* by Wm. Brewstw 



Regulus calendula. — Very common during the mi 

 March 2i and numerous three days later. They continu 



dance for about a month, when there was a diminution i-v-i- Q/^Tarn q«- 

 Many pairs breed around the Fort, apparently placing th,^'-"^-^'^ • J-^ < 



firs On July 9, atBeaver Meadows, a female was noticed fe 



fledged young that were sitting close together on a dea " very sociable in its Iiabits while here, 

 tree, in which the nest was probably placed although,! ( 

 In July and August this species was found in abunda; 

 north of the valley up to a height of about five thousanc ^ 

 of either species were seen in the next five hundred feet, 

 olivaceus occurred. These heights were determined on s 

 by barometric observations, and the distinct range of th ' 

 very noticeable. 



Attk, V. October, 1888, p. 36 



The Two Species of Kinglet as ob- 

 served at Raleigh, N. C. 



BY C. 8. BRIMLEY. 



Buby-crowned Kinglet, (JRe gnlus calendula.). 

 This active little bird is quite common here 

 during the winter months; ari-iving in the fall 

 about October 19th, and becoming plentiful a 

 few days later. It remains common till the 

 first week in April, the last specimens being 

 usually seen about April 13th, a week or ten 

 days after the bulk have left us for the north. 



being generally found in large numbers in the 

 pine woods in company with the Gold-crowns, 

 Brown Creepers, Pine Warblers and Brown- 

 headed Nuthatches, all of which birds associate 

 together during the winter months in this lo- 

 cality, feeding on pine seeds and whatever in- 

 sects they may find. It is also found sparingly 

 in other situations, but rarely in any numbers, 

 one or two being often found iu the alders 

 along the banks of streams or in the oak and 

 mixed woods, but rarely more in any one spot. 



Though quite tame and fearless in disposition 

 when undisturbed, I have often noticed, both 

 with this species and the Gold-crown, that 

 when one or more are killed, the remainder of 

 the flock get very wild, keeping to the tops of 

 the trees and flying rapidly forward when ap- 

 proached, uttering all the while their faint 

 chips, which with the exception of a sort of 

 chatter, something like that of the Carolina 

 Wren, is the only note we hear here till they 

 burst into song about the end of March. After 

 being alarmed as above by some of theii- num- 

 ber being killed, they will generally if unmo- 

 lested become nearly as tame as ever in from 

 half an hour to an hour or more's time, but in 

 this case easily take alarm again. 



During the early part of its sojourn with us, 

 most specimens seem to be in full plumage, 

 very few lacking the crownpatch. Later on 

 the number of dull birds seem to increase some- 

 what, though my observations make me believe 

 that more than one-half of those that stay here 

 are in adult plumage. In this connection it 

 seems worthy of remark that on January 15th 

 of this year, my brother shot a male with the 

 crownpatch orange, and two more, also with 

 orange crownpatches, on the 18th. Several 

 were also shot a little later having the crown- 

 patch not so bright as usual, inclining some- 

 what to orange, which lead me to think that 

 possibly the orange patch might occasionally 

 be orange at first, turning to red afterwards ; 

 and I was also inclined towards this idea by the 

 fact that these specimens which had the crown- 

 patch orange had the orange feathers brownish, 

 like the rest of the upper side at their tips. 



Gold-crown Kinglet, (Segulus satrapa ) . Bath- 

 er more abundant if anything than the liuby 

 Crown, and very similar in habits. This hand- 

 .some little bird arrives here about the same 

 time as its relative, but leaves a week or ten 

 days earlier; all departing at once and none 

 seeming to sti-aggle behind as in the case of its 

 congener. This species is more strictly grega- 

 rious than the Buby Crown, solitary iudividu- 



