evada.

This Bush-Tit has a bright yellow head and throat, the upper parts being
gray and the belly, white. They are abundant in chaparral brush, locally
throughout their range. Their large globular nests are situated in
bushes at low elevations from the ground, and are made of twigs and
weeds, softly lined with fur and feathers. Their three to six eggs are
pale greenish blue, specked and dotted with reddish brown. Size .58 x
.44. Data.--Brownsville, Texas, May 8, 1894. Large nest of sticks and
thorns, lined with hair and feathers, and located in a bush in brush
thicket, 8 feet from the ground.

746a. CAPE VERDIN. _Auriparus flaviceps lamprocephalus._

Range.--Lower California.

This new sub-species is said to have shorter wings and tail, and also to
be brighter yellow on the head. Its habits and eggs will not differ from
those of the common Verdin or Yellow-headed Bush-Tit.

WARBLERS, KINGLETS and GNATCATCHERS. Family SYLVIIDAE

747. KENNICOTT'S WILLOW WARBLER. _Acanthopneuste borealis._

Range.--Asia, casually found in Alaska.

This species breeds in the extreme northern parts of Asia, and I believe
its eggs have never been found on this continent. They build their nests
of moss and grasses, on the ground in open woods, concealing them under
tufts of grass or tussocks of earth. The three to five eggs are white,
spotted with pale reddish brown. Size .70 x .50.

748. GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. _Regulus satrapa satrapa._

Range.--North America, breeding from northern United States northward,
and south in the Rockies to Mexico, and in the Alleghanies to the
Carolinas; winters throughout the United States.

This rugged little fellow appears to be perfectly content in our
northern states even during the most severe winters and leaves us early
in the spring for his breeding grounds farther north. They are usually
found in company with Chickadees and, like them, may be seen hanging to
twigs in all sorts of positions as they search for their meagre fare.
Their nests are large, round structures of green moss, bark strips and
fine rootlets, very thickly lined with soft feathers; these are placed
in forks or partially suspended among the branches of spruce trees,
usually high above the ground. During June they lay from five to ten
eggs of a dull whitish or grayish color, spotted heavily with pale brown
and lilac. Size .55 x .42.

[Illustration 441: Greenish blue.]
[Illustration: Verdin.]
[Illustration: White.]