. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 703 Adult male: A golden orange on middle crown, bordered by yellow; sides of crown, black; an ashy white streak over the eye and across front of forehead; a dusky loral streak; upper parts, grayish olive, shading to olive green on the rump; under parts, whitish or buffy white; outer webs of wing feathers edged with pale greenish yellow, broken in the middle by a blackish space, forming a dusky bar on the closed wing; greater and middle wing coverts tipped with yellowish white or w
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 703 Adult male: A golden orange on middle crown, bordered by yellow; sides of crown, black; an ashy white streak over the eye and across front of forehead; a dusky loral streak; upper parts, grayish olive, shading to olive green on the rump; under parts, whitish or buffy white; outer webs of wing feathers edged with pale greenish yellow, broken in the middle by a blackish space, forming a dusky bar on the closed wing; greater and middle wing coverts tipped with yellowish white or whitish; tail, dark slaty brown, narrowly edged with olive green. Adult female: Similar, but crown patch bright canary yellow (without orange) bordered by black. Length, about 4; wing, ; tail, ; bill, .26. This pretty little species is a common migrant in Illinois and Wis- consin in spring and fall, and a more or less common winter resident in Illinois and southern Wisconsin. According to Mr. Kline a few remain all summer in the thick swamps near Polo, 111., but he has never succeeded in finding their nests (Cooke, Bird Migration Missis- sippi Valley, 1888, p. 279). Messrs. Kumlien and HoUister state: "Dr. Ogden states that it is sometimes found in mid-winter in Milwaukee County, and the same is true of other sections of the state. The golden-crown breeds along the south shore of Lake Superior, in Ontonagon County, Michigan, and possibly to some extent, therefore, in the pine regions of northern ; (Birds of Wisconsin, 1903, p. 125.) While with us it rarely attempts anything more ambitious in the way of a song than a soft, lisping tsee, tsee, tsee. 356. Regulus calendula (Linn.). Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Distr.: North America, north to Labrador, the Mackenzie region, and Alaska; winters in the United States, Mexico, and Central America to Guatemala; breeds from Quebec, northern Michigan, and moun- tains in New Mexico northward. Adult male: A patch of fi
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