KINGLETS, ETC.: GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET 585 
Nest. —One near Terlingua, Texas, in a fouquieria bush, made of gray fibers 
of wood and bark, wound with spider web, and lined with cactus wool. Eggs: 2, 
pale blue, spotted with brown, most thickly around larger end. 
KINGLETS: Subfamily Regulinae 
Bill straight and slender, nostrils overshadowed by tiny feathers; 
tarsus booted, tail emarginate; “ elegant and dainty little creatures, 
among the very smallest of our birds excepting Hummers. They 
inhabit woodland, are very agile and sprightly, insectivorous, migratory, 
and highly musical” (Coues). 
WESTERN GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET: Regulus satrapa olivaceus Baird 
Plate 63 
Description. — Length: 3.1-4.5 inches, wing, 2.1-2.2, tail 1.6-2, bill .2-.3, 
tarsus .7. Adult male: Squarish crown patch , black outside , inclosing a yellow V with 
an orange center; rest of uppcrparts greenish olive, wings and tail dusky, with yellow¬ 
ish edgings, wings with two yellowish bands, secondaries with a dusky band; under¬ 
parts dingy whitish, sides more yellowish olive. (In fall and winter, colors brighter). 
Adult female: Similar, but orange of crown patch replaced by yellow. Young in 
Juvenal plumage: Similar to adults but head brownish gray or grayish olive bordered 
laterally with an indistinct black line, general color more brownish olive, and texture 
of plumage much looser. 
Range. —Breeds in Boreal Zones from Kodiak Island and Kenai Peninsula, 
Alaska, and northern Alberta south to Rocky Mountains of northern New Mexico 
and northern Arizona, and to the San Jacinto Mountains, California; winters from 
southern British Columbia (casually Alaska and Colorado) to highlands of Mexico 
and Guatemala. 
State Records. —A young Western Golden-crowned Kinglet was taken July 
31, 1903, at 11,000 feet on Pecos Baldy, and both old and young were taken August 
5-8, 1904, at 10,700 feet near Twining in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Bailey). 
[July 18, 1919, an adult male in full breeding plumage, accompanied apparently by 
young, was taken 8 miles northeast of Cowles, at about 9,800 feet; June 16-21, 
1924, breeding birds were common in the Sangre de Cristo Range, and July 4, 1927, 
two nests containing very small young were found on Lake Peak, in the Sangre de 
Cristos, at 11,500 feet (Ligon).] These are the only summer records of the species 
in New Mexico and mark the extreme southern limit of the breeding range in the 
Rocky Mountains. 
In the fall migration they have been noted in the Chuska Mountains October 
1 12, 1908 (Birdseye); and in the Manzano Mountains, October 25, 1903 (Gaut). 
A few individuals winter in the State, as a small flock was seen December 17, 
1902, on the north slope of Salinas Peak (Gaut). 
In the spring migration, the species was seen at Silver City, May 3,1884 (Marsh). 
W. W. Cooke. 
Nest. —20 to 50 feet or more from the ground, hung from the end of a spruce 
or fir branch; a ball-like mass of green moss and lichens, interwoven with small twigs, 
lined with fine bark fibers, cow or rabbit hair, and feathers. Eggs: 5 to 10, creamy, 
reddish white, clouded around the larger end with fine reddish brown dots, and some¬ 
times pen lines. 
Food. —Mainly tree-infesting insects and their eggs. 
