. . V ^k. y^^^ji^i FHOM COL. 117 VEKDIN. (Auriparus riaviccpsVI Life-si<re. COPVfflGHT 110O, ST A. W. WUWPORO. CMICAOO CREEPERS 447 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET Aside from the riiby-throated humming-bird, the king-lets are the smallest of eastern North American birds. Theyare hardy little creatures, many of them wintering in south-ern Illinois and adjacent states. Their summer home ischiefly in the northern portions of the Northern States from]Maine west to and including Minnesota, northward. InJNIontana, Oregon, and Washington the west
. . V ^k. y^^^ji^i FHOM COL. 117 VEKDIN. (Auriparus riaviccpsVI Life-si<re. COPVfflGHT 110O, ST A. W. WUWPORO. CMICAOO CREEPERS 447 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET Aside from the riiby-throated humming-bird, the king-lets are the smallest of eastern North American birds. Theyare hardy little creatures, many of them wintering in south-ern Illinois and adjacent states. Their summer home ischiefly in the northern portions of the Northern States from]Maine west to and including Minnesota, northward. InJNIontana, Oregon, and Washington the western Golden-crowned Kinglet occurs. Kinglets winter generally through-out the United States, except in the northern tier of habits of the two species are practically the same. These useful birds while migrating frequent highways,dooryards, and public parks in great numbers. They moveabout apparently unconscious of man, feeding among thelower branches and occasionally darting into the air for aninsect. In feeding in patches of burdock many golden-crow
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