EuBY-OEowNED KiNGLET. Noticmg Mr. 

 Jencks' query in the June number of the 

 O. and O., I write to say that the female 

 Kuby-crowned Kinglet does occasionally 

 have a well-marked crown-patch. I know 

 of three such specimens, at least two of 

 which were dissected by a competent per- 

 son. In all three, however, the color of 

 the bright feathers is orange, not scarlet 

 as with the male. Dui-ing my own collect- 

 ing I have never taken a female which had 

 the crown otherwise than perfectly plain, 

 and it is certain that this condition is the 

 normal one, even among fully adult birds. 

 Hence Mr. Jencks' note may be taken in 

 the main as a timely correction of a long 

 established error. — Wm. Brewster, (Jam- 

 bridge, Mass. O. & O. Vill. July.1883. p. JTb. 



EtJBT-oEowNED KiNGLET. — A few years 

 ago the query arose whether the female 

 Regulus calendula had a red crest. The 

 matter was apparently set at rest by Dr. 

 Coues who stated that both sexes were 

 thus adorned after the first year. I have 

 asked several ornithologists regarding this 

 matter and am unable to find any one who 

 has seen a female thus decorated, though 

 all seem inclined to consider the matter 

 settled. I have taken quite a large num- 

 ber myself and fail to find any but males 

 with crests. Will my fellow collectors use 

 their opportunities this spring? Proof 

 of this characteristic in a common species 

 should rest with more than one witness. — 

 Fred. T. Jencks, Providence, E. I. 



*^_0^0. Vlll. Juae.lBOS.p. W 



Beckham on the plumage of Regulus calendula. J— Respecting the 

 presence or absence of the brightly clTIored crown-patch in different indi- 

 viduals of this species, Mr. Beclihara, after an examination of much 

 material, reaches the following conclusions : "(i) that the female does not 

 have this brightlj-colored crown, and (2) that some 3'oung autumnal males 

 (verj likely a large majority of them) do possess this ornament."— J. A. A. 



Atlk, S. A,rU. 1886. p. ^^r. 



L'^rfrnTiTri^rn M^""''^^ Charles WickHffe Beckha 



oc. u. b.Nat. Mus., Vol. VIII, No. 40, pp. 625-628, Dec. 7, 1885. 



A Yellow-crowned Regulus calendula. -April 27, 1890 I shot near • 

 Laurel, Md., an adult male 'Ruby-crowned' Kinglet which has the ' 

 crown-patch pure orange-yellow instead of vermillion, the plumage bein? 

 otherwise quite normal. The crown-patch is very well developed, being 

 more extensive than in the average of specimens. - Robert Ridgway! 

 Was;.n^^o., D. C. ^^^^^ ^^^^ P» f ■ ^ 



A-ak, XII, April, 1895, p./ s/- 



An Albino Ruby-crowned Kinglet. — On February 4 I shot, hear this 

 place, a nearly perfect albino Ruby-crowned Kinglet {Regulus calendula). 

 The bird was a female and the only one I have seen here for some time. 

 The body is pure creamy white, with a wash of lemon yellow on the 

 rump ; head grayish broAvn, with numerous flecks of white. The edges of 

 the tail and wing feathers are edged with yellowish white, giving a frosty 

 appearance to the closed wing and tail and hiding largely the otherwise 

 dusky feathers. — A. W. Anthony, Sati Die^o,_Cal. 



