PERCHING BIRDS 
746. Verdin. Auriparus flaviceps flaviceps 
Range. — Mexican border of the United States, 
north to Colorado and Nevada. 
This Bush-Tit has a bright yellow head and 
throat, the upper parts being gray and the 
belly, white. They are abundant in chaparral 
brush, locally throughout their 
range. Their large globular 
nests are situated in bushes at 
low elevations from the ground, 
and are made of twigs and 
weeds, softly lined with fur and 
feathers. Their three to six eggs 
are pale greenish blue, specked and dotted 
with reddish brown. Size .58 x .44. Data. — 
Brownsville, Texas, May 8, 1894. Large nest 
of sticks and thorns, lined with hair and 
feathers, and located in a bush in brush thicket, 
8 feet from the ground. 
Greenish blue 
Verdin 
746a. Cape Verdin. Auriparus flaviceps lamprocephalus. 
Range. — Lower California. 
This new sub-species is said to have shorter wings and tail, and also to be 
brighter yellow on the head. Its habits and eggs will not differ from those of 
tne common Verdin or Yellow-headed Bush-Tit. 
WARBLERS, KINGLETS and GNATCATCHERS. 
Family SYLVIID-T 
747. Kennicott’s Willow Warbler. Acanthopneuste borealis. 
Range. — Asia, casually found in Alaska. 
This species breeds in the extreme northern parts of Asia, and 
I believe its eggs have never been found on this continent. They 
build their nests of moss and grasses, on the ground in open 
woods, concealing them under tufts of grass or tussocks of earth. 
The three to five eggs are white, spotted with pale reddish brown. 
Size .70 x .50. 
White 
748. Golden-crowned Kinglet. Regulus satrapa satrapa. 
Range. — North America, breeding from northern United States northward, 
and south in the Rockies to Mexico, and in the Alleghanies to the Carolinas; 
winters throughout the United States. 
This rugged little fellow appears to be perfectly content in our 
northern states even during the most severe winters and leaves 
us early in the spring for his breeding grounds farther north. 
They are usually found in company with Chickadees and, like 
them, may be seen hanging to twigs in all sorts of positions as 
they search for their meagre fare. Their nests are large, round 
structures of green moss, bark strips and fine rootlets, very 
thickly lined with soft feathers; these are placed in forks or partially suspended 
among the branches of spruce trees, usually high above the ground. During 
June they lay from five to ten eggs of a dull whitish or grayish color, spotted 
heavily with pale brown and lilac. Size .55 x .42. 
439 
Gray 
