. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Ruby-crowned Kinglets spot where stood some solitary tree or expectant sylvan company. Along the river bank all was still. There were no signs of spring, save for the modest springing violet and the pious buckeye, shaking its late-prisoned fronds to the morning air, and tardily setting in order its manifold array of Easter candles. The oak trees were gray and hushed, and the swamp elms held their peace until the fortunes of the morning should b
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Ruby-crowned Kinglets spot where stood some solitary tree or expectant sylvan company. Along the river bank all was still. There were no signs of spring, save for the modest springing violet and the pious buckeye, shaking its late-prisoned fronds to the morning air, and tardily setting in order its manifold array of Easter candles. The oak trees were gray and hushed, and the swamp elms held their peace until the fortunes of the morning should be decided. Suddenly from down the river path there came a tiny burst of angel music, the peerless song of the Ruby-crown. Pure, ethereal, without hint of earthly dross or sadness came those limpid well- ing notes, the sweetest and the gladdest ever sung—at least by those who have not suffered. It Was not, indeed, the Taken in Pasadena Photo by Dickey r .1 .1 WESTERN RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET greeting ot the earth to the risen Lord, but rather the annunciation of the glorious fact by heaven's own appointed herald. And on another yesterday, in old Santa Barbara, as I was jogging along behind the old mare (before the ruthless automobile was de rigeur) a Ruby-crowned Kinglet flashed down upon the road which had been recently sprinkled, and began nibbling daintily at some unguessable morsel of insect life which he had spied. Moreover, the little rajah let us pass him within three feet; and, believe me, the gleam of his resplendent jewel, authentic Burmese, from its mud setting smote a chord of wonder. The little king was not at all aware of his condescension, nor of the hazard of crown jewels, but it did affect one queerly to see such a ruby flung down by the roadside. Have a care, little Gemcrest! Some urchin sparrow will be coveting your splendor. The Ruby-crowned Kinglet has something of the nervousness and vivacity of the typical wren. It moves restlessly from twig to twig, flirtin
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