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BIRDS OF DURHAM AND VICINITY. 
anywhere more than a second or two while daylight lasts. In point 
of restless activity, the Kinglets, this and the next species, rank next 
to the Hummingbird. They are constantly darting here and there, 
a characteristic action being to hover for an insiant beneath a leaf 
or branch for the purpose of investigating the under side. This quick, 
hovering attitude is diagnostic of the Kinglets in their season, when 
warblers are mostly gone. The yellow or orange patch on the crown 
of this Kinglet is obvious. The males are evidently conscious of this 
beauty spot, as I have repeatedly seen them bow and expand it when 
in the presence of the other sex. Once, on the eleventh of March, I 
heard a Golden-crowned Kinglet sing. The singer did not devote 
his entire attention to music but sang as he went about his hunting. 
The song is clear and musical but rather abrupt, and quite inferior to 
that of the Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 
Regulus calendula. Rubv-crowxed Kinglet. 749. 
The Ruby-crowned Kinglet is a spring and fall visitant. I have 
noted it here on the twenty- ninth of September, and from then on 
until about the twentieth of October. In the spring visit of this 
Kinglet, which begins about the twentieth of April, and lasts hardly 
more than a week, it is not unusual to hear its song. It has a brisk 
mellow whistle, which is very pleasant to the ear. Its manners are 
quite similar to those of its golden-crowned relative, but it may be 
readily recognized by its white eye ring, which is always noticeable. 
Family TURDID.T:. 
Hylocichla mustelinus. Wood Thrush. 755. 
The Wood Thrush appears to be rare this side of ^^lassachusetts. 
The only evidence of its presence that I have been able to get comes 
from Mr. Shaw, who reports having once seen it at Hampton. He 
also has a specimen taken at Amesbury, the first town across the Mas- 
sachusetts boundary. 
Hylocichla fuscescens. Wilson's Thrush. 756. 
The -'A'eerv.'" Tawny, or Wilson's Thrush is the commonest repre- 
sentative of its tribe which we have in summer. Its stay is consid- 
erably shorter than the Hermit's. May 11 . is the earliest date on 
which I have noted it. The autumnal tiight is practically ended the 
last week in September. It prefers low. moist, deciduous woods. 
