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Sonp: of the 
Golden- 
crested 
King:let 
once or tv/ice just as it left its roost to seek a new one 
at a short distance. Until thus disturbed, not one of 
them uttered a sound or gave me any other indication of 
its presence. Most of them flew from perches near the 
ends of the pine branches from six to ten feet above the 
ground. 
I^till earlier in the afternoon (certainly not 
later than five o’clock, although I did not note the time) 
I saw a perfect stream of Juncos puuring into some 
scattered white pines in the berry pasture at the Farm, 
At least 100 birds passed me in the course of a few 
minutes, coming from the open fields in Mr. 
farm and disappearing among the dense foliage of the pines. 
I felt very sure that they, too, were seeking their roosts^ 
A Golden-crested Kinglet was singing this fore¬ 
noon in the woods behind Ball’s Hill, ^ wrote down (on 
the spot) the following rendering of its song: Tsee-tsee 
tsee-tsee-tril-il- il-il-il-il. The tsee notes were thin, 
wiry and high-pitched and very similar to the ordinary 
call notes of the species, but with less of the z sound 
than the latter. The tiil-il . etc, notes were rather 
liquid and, indeed, not unmusical in quality. All the 
notes composing the song were delivered hurriedly and in 
rather feeble tones. 
Soon after thisj] I saw the bird and its mate (or 
at least a female of the same species) among some alders, 
near the ground. What charmingly dainty and sylph-like 
